2 Corinthians 11:27

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 I was beaten with a rod. Once I received a stoning. Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea. 26I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers, in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing. 28Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern for all the churches. 29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?

2 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 servants of Christ? (I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.
• 2 Corinthians 6:5in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger,
• Acts 20:5These had gone on ahead and were waiting for us in Troas.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:9For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:8and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.
• Acts 20:31Therefore be alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.
• Jeremiah 38:9“Your royal Majesty, those men have been very wicked in all that they have done to the prophet Jeremiah. They have thrown him into a cistern and he is sure to die of starvation there because there is no food left in the city.
• 1 Corinthians 4:11To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.
• Philippians 4:12I have experienced times of need and times of abundance. In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of contentment, whether I go satisfied or hungry, have plenty or nothing.
• Acts 13:2While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
• Acts 14:23When they had appointed elders for them in the various churches, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the protection of the Lord in whom they had believed.
• 1 Corinthians 7:5Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
• Romans 8:35Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
• Hebrews 11:37They were stoned, sawed apart, murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
• James 2:15If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily 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