God’s Word Translation
2 Corinthians 11:27
27Because 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.
2 Corinthians 11:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
- New International Version (NIV)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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.
- New King James Version (NKJV)in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness—
Context of 2 Corinthians 11:27
25three times Roman officials had me beaten with clubs. Once people tried to stone me to death; three times I was shipwrecked, and I drifted on the sea for a night and a day. 26Because I’ve traveled a lot, I’ve faced dangers from raging rivers, from robbers, from my own people, and from other people. I’ve faced dangers in the city, in the open country, on the sea, and from believers who turned out to be false friends. 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. 28Besides these external matters, I have the daily pressure of my anxiety about all the churches. 29When anyone is weak, I’m weak too. When anyone is caught in a trap, I’m also harmed.
Read all of 2 Corinthians 112 Corinthians 11:27 word by word
κόπῳ καὶ μόχθῳ, ἐν ἀγρυπνίαις πολλάκις, ἐν λιμῷ καὶ δίψει, ἐν νηστείαις πολλάκις, ἐν ψύχει καὶ γυμνότητι·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- wearinessκόποςkopos · laborG2873
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- painfulnessμόχθοςmochthos · toilG3449
- watchingsἀγρυπνίαagrupnia · sleeplessnessG70
- oftenπολλάκιςpollakis · oftenG4178
- hungerλιμόςlimos · hungerG3042
- thirstδίψοςdipsos · thirstG1373
- fastingsνηστείαnēsteia · fastingG3521
- coldψῦχοςpsuchos · coldG5592
- nakednessγυμνότηςgumnotēs · nakednessG1132
Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 11:27
- 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they Christ’s servants? It’s insane to say it, but I’m a far better one. I’ve done much more work, been in prison many more times, been beaten more severely, and have faced death more often.
- 2 Corinthians 6:5beatings, imprisonments, riots, hard work, sleepless nights, and lack of food.
- Acts 20:5All these men went ahead and were waiting for us in Troas.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9You remember, brothers and sisters, our work and what we did to earn a living. We worked night and day so that we could bring you the Good News of God without being a burden to any of you.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8We didn’t eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, we worked hard and struggled night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you.
- Acts 20:31So be alert! Remember that I instructed each of you for three years, day and night, at times with tears in my eyes.
- Jeremiah 38:9“Your Majesty, everything that these men have done to the prophet Jeremiah is wrong. They have thrown him into the cistern, where he’ll starve to death, because there’s no more bread in the city.”
- 1 Corinthians 4:11To this moment, we are hungry, thirsty, poorly dressed, roughly treated, and homeless.
- Philippians 4:12I know how to live in poverty or prosperity. No matter what the situation, I’ve learned the secret of how to live when I’m full or when I’m hungry, when I have too much or when I have too little.
- Acts 13:2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me. I want them to do the work for which I called them.”
- Acts 14:23They had the disciples in each church choose spiritual leaders, and with prayer and fasting they entrusted the leaders to the Lord in whom they believed.
- 1 Corinthians 7:5Don’t withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so for a set time to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should get back together so that Satan doesn’t use your lack of self-control to tempt you.
- Romans 8:35What will separate us from the love Christ has for us? Can trouble, distress, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger, or violent death separate us from his love?
- Hebrews 11:37Some were stoned to death, sawed in half, and killed with swords. Some wore the skins of sheep and goats. Some were poor, abused, and mistreated.
- James 2:15Suppose a believer, whether a man or a woman, needs clothes or food
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 11:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27In weariness and painfulness - Tribulations of this kind were his constant companions. Lord Lyttleton and others have made useful reflections on this verse: "How hard was it for a man of a genteel and liberal education, as St. Paul was, to bear such rigours, and to wander about like a vagabond, hungry and almost naked, yet coming into the presence of persons of high life, and speaking in large and various assemblies on matters of the utmost importance!"…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27In weariness - Resulting from traveling, exposure, labor, and want. The word ́ kopos(from ́ koptō“to beat, to cut”) means, properly, “wailing and grief,” accompanied with beating the breast. Hence, the word means “toil, labor, wearisome effort.” And painfulness - This word ( ́ mochthos) is a stronger term than the former. It implies painful effort; labor producing sorrow, and in the New Testament is uniformly connected with the word rendered “weariness”…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-33Verses 22-33 The apostle gives an account of his labours and sufferings; not out of pride or vain-glory, but to the honour of God, who enabled him to do and suffer so much for the cause of Christ; and shows wherein he excelled the false apostles, who tried to lessen his character and usefulness. It astonishes us to reflect on this account of his dangers, hardships, and sufferings, and to observe his patience, perseverance, diligence, cheerfulness, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-27Paul's long journeys are recorded in Acts 13–28. He faced danger and endured hardship on these trips.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. fastings--voluntary, in order to kindle devotions (Ac 13:2, 3; 14:23; 1Co 9:27); for they are distinguished from "hunger and thirst," which were involuntary [Grotius]. However, see on 2Co 6:5. The context refers solely to hardships, not to self-imposed devotional mortification. "Hunger and thirst" are not synonymous with "foodlessness" (as the Greek of "fasting" means), but are its consequences. cold ... nakedness--"cold" resulting from "nakedness,"…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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