2 Corinthians 6:2-10

2For he says, "In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you." Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

3We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,

4but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities,

5beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger;

6by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love;

7by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;

8through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;

9as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed;

10as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.