Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. New Living Translation I have worked hard and long, enduring many sleepless nights. I have been hungry and thirsty and have often gone without food. I have shivered in the cold, without enough clothing to keep me warm. English Standard Version in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. Berean Standard Bible in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure. Berean Literal Bible in labor and toil, often in watchings; in hunger and thirst, often in fastings; in cold and nakedness. King James Bible In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. New King James Version in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness— New American Standard Bible I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. NASB 1995 I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. NASB 1977 I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. Legacy Standard Bible I have been in labor and hardship, in many sleepless nights, in starvation and thirst, often hungry, in cold and without enough clothing. Amplified Bible in labor and hardship, often unable to sleep, in hunger and thirst, often [driven to] fasting [for lack of food], in cold and exposure [without adequate clothing]. Christian Standard Bible toil and hardship, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, cold, and without clothing. Holman Christian Standard Bible labor and hardship, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, cold, and lacking clothing. American Standard Version in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Contemporary English Version I have worked and struggled and spent many sleepless nights. I have gone hungry and thirsty and often had nothing to eat. I have been cold from not having enough clothes to keep me warm. English Revised Version in labour and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. GOD'S WORD® Translation Because I've had to work so hard, I've often gone without sleep, been hungry and thirsty, and gone without food and without proper clothes during cold weather. Good News Translation There has been work and toil; often I have gone without sleep; I have been hungry and thirsty; I have often been without enough food, shelter, or clothing. International Standard Version in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, through hunger, thirst, many periods of fasting, coldness, and nakedness. Majority Standard Bible in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure. NET Bible in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing. New Heart English Bible in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness. Webster's Bible Translation In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Weymouth New Testament with labour and toil, with many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fastings, in cold, and with insufficient clothing. World English Bible in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionin laboriousness and painfulness, many times in watchings, in hunger and thirst, many times in fastings, in cold and nakedness; Berean Literal Bible in labor and toil, often in watchings; in hunger and thirst, often in fastings; in cold and nakedness. Young's Literal Translation in labouriousness and painfulness, in watchings many times, in hunger and thirst, in fastings many times, in cold and nakedness; Smith's Literal Translation In fatigue and toil, in watchfulnesses often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIn labour and painfulness, in much watchings, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Catholic Public Domain Version with hardships and difficulties, with much vigilance, in hunger and thirst, with frequent fasts, in cold and nakedness, New American Bible in toil and hardship, through many sleepless nights, through hunger and thirst, through frequent fastings, through cold and exposure. New Revised Standard Version in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, hungry and thirsty, often without food, cold and naked. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIn toil and weariness, in sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, through much fasting, in cold and nakedness. Aramaic Bible in Plain English In toil and in fatigue, in many vigils, in hunger and in thirst, in many fasts, in cold and in nakedness, NT Translations Anderson New Testamentin weariness and in toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness: Godbey New Testament in labor and in toil, in vigils often, in hunger and in thirst, in fastings often, in cold and in nakedness. Haweis New Testament in labour and travail, in watchings often, in fastings frequently, in hunger and thirst, in cold and nakedness; Mace New Testament expos'd to toil, to fatigue, to frequent watchings, to hunger and thirst, to frequent fastings, to cold and penury. Weymouth New Testament with labour and toil, with many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fastings, in cold, and with insufficient clothing. Worrell New Testament in toil and hardship, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Worsley New Testament in labor and toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness: and beside these outward troubles, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Paul's Suffering and Service…26In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers, 27in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure. 28Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.… Cross References Philippians 4:12 I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. In any and every situation I have learned the secret of being filled and being hungry, of having plenty and having need. 1 Corinthians 4:11 To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. Acts 20:31 Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears. Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 2 Corinthians 6:4-5 Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities; / in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger; 1 Thessalonians 2:9 Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. 2 Thessalonians 3:8 nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you. 1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 1 Peter 4:12-13 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you. / But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory. Hebrews 11:37-38 They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated. / The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground. Matthew 25:35 For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, Luke 6:22-23 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man. / Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way. Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Jeremiah 38:6 So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud. Lamentations 3:5 He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. Treasury of Scripture In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. weariness. 2 Corinthians 11:23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 2 Corinthians 6:5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; Acts 20:5-11,34,35 These going before tarried for us at Troas… in watchings. Acts 20:31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. in hunger. Jeremiah 38:9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. 1 Corinthians 4:11,12 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; … Philippians 4:12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. fastings. 2 Corinthians 6:5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; Acts 13:2,3 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them… Acts 14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed. nakedness. Romans 8:35,36 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? … Hebrews 11:37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; James 2:15,16 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, … Jump to Previous Clothing Cold Drink Fastings Food Frequent Hard Hardship Hunger Insufficient Labor Nakedness Night Nights Often Sleep Sleepless Thirst Times Toil Toiled Travail Watchings Weariness WorkJump to Next Clothing Cold Drink Fastings Food Frequent Hard Hardship Hunger Insufficient Labor Nakedness Night Nights Often Sleep Sleepless Thirst Times Toil Toiled Travail Watchings Weariness Work2 Corinthians 11 1. Out of his jealousy over the Corinthians, he enters into a forced commendation of himself,5. of his equality with the chief apostles, 7. of his preaching the gospel to them freely, and without any charge to them; 13. showing that he was not inferior to those deceitful workers in any legal prerogative; 23. and in the service of Christ, and in all kinds of sufferings for his ministry, far superior. in labor and toil The phrase "in labor and toil" reflects the Apostle Paul's dedication and relentless effort in his ministry. The Greek words used here, "κόπος" (kopos) for labor and "μόχθος" (mochthos) for toil, emphasize not just physical exertion but also the mental and emotional strain Paul endured. Historically, this reflects the arduous journeys and the manual work Paul undertook to support himself, as seen in Acts 18:3 where he worked as a tentmaker. This phrase underscores the Christian call to diligent service, echoing the Genesis mandate to work and steward creation, now applied to the spiritual labor of spreading the Gospel. and often without sleep in hunger and thirst and often without food in cold and exposure Parallel Commentaries ... Greek in laborκόπῳ (kopō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 2873: From kopto; a cut, i.e. toil, literally or figuratively; by implication, pains. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. toil μόχθῳ (mochthō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3449: Wearisome labor, toil, hardship. From the base of mogis; toil, i.e. sadness. [and] often πολλάκις (pollakis) Adverb Strong's 4178: Many times, often, frequently. Multiplicative adverb from polus; many times, i.e. Frequently. without sleep, ἀγρυπνίαις (agrypniais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Strong's 70: The state of being awake (at night), sleeplessness, watching. From agrupneo; sleeplessness, i.e. A keeping awake. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. hunger λιμῷ (limō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3042: A famine, hunger. Probably from leipo; a scarcity of food. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. thirst δίψει (dipsei) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's 1373: Thirst. Of uncertain affinity; thirst. [and] often πολλάκις (pollakis) Adverb Strong's 4178: Many times, often, frequently. Multiplicative adverb from polus; many times, i.e. Frequently. without food, νηστείαις (nēsteiais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Strong's 3521: Fasting, the day of atonement. From nesteuo; abstinence; specially, the fast of the Day of Atonement. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. cold ψύχει (psychei) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's 5592: Cold. From psucho; coolness. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. exposure. γυμνότητι (gymnotēti) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 1132: Nakedness. From gumnos; nudity. Links 2 Corinthians 11:27 NIV2 Corinthians 11:27 NLT 2 Corinthians 11:27 ESV 2 Corinthians 11:27 NASB 2 Corinthians 11:27 KJV 2 Corinthians 11:27 BibleApps.com 2 Corinthians 11:27 Biblia Paralela 2 Corinthians 11:27 Chinese Bible 2 Corinthians 11:27 French Bible 2 Corinthians 11:27 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 11:27 In labor and travail in watchings often (2 Cor. 2C iiC 2Cor ii cor iicor) |
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