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Their Ministry Commended
1And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain— 2for He says,
Behold, now is “a favorable time,” behold, now is “a day of salvation”— 3giving no reason for taking offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited, 4but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in difficulties, 5in beatings, in imprisonments, in mob attacks, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger,