2Cor 6:5 | JFB | e4.org | 5. stripes — ( ). imprisonments — ( ). He had been, doubtless, elsewhere imprisoned besides at Philippi when he wrote this Epistle. tumults — ( ; and recently ). labours —in the cause of Christ ( ). watchings — ( ). Sleepless nights. fastings —The context here refers to his trials, rather than devotional exercises (compare ). Thus "foodlessness" would seem to be the sense (compare ). But the usual sense of the Greek is fasts, in the strict sense; and in it is spoken of independently of "hunger and thirst." (Compare ). However, , justify the sense, more favored by the context, foodlessness, though a rare use of the word. GAUSSEN remarks "The apostles combine the highest offices with the humblest exterior: as everything in the Church was to be cast in the mould of death and resurrection, the cardinal principle throughout Christianity."

‏ 2 Corinthians 6:5

5. stripes— (2Co 11:23, 24; Ac 16:23).

imprisonments— (2Co 11:23). He had been, doubtless, elsewhere imprisoned besides at Philippi when he wrote this Epistle.

tumults— (Ac 13:50; 14:5, 19; 16:22; and recently Ac 19:23-41).

labours—in the cause of Christ (2Co 11:23; Ro 16:12).

watchings— (2Co 11:27). Sleepless nights.

fastings—The context here refers to his trials, rather than devotional exercises (compare 2Co 11:27). Thus "foodlessness" would seem to be the sense (compare 1Co 4:11; Php 4:12). But the usual sense of the Greek is fasts, in the strict sense; and in 2Co 11:27 it is spoken of independently of "hunger and thirst." (Compare Lu 2:37; Ac 10:30; 14:23). However, Mt 15:32; Mr 8:3, justify the sense, more favored by the context, foodlessness, though a rare use of the word. GAUSSEN remarks "The apostles combine the highest offices with the humblest exterior: as everything in the Church was to be cast in the mould of death and resurrection, the cardinal principle throughout Christianity."