2 Corinthians 6:3-11

3We give no cause for offense in anything, so that our ministry may not be blamed.

4But as God’s servants, we are commending ourselves in every way—in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,

5in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleeplessness, in hunger;

6in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Ruach ha-Kodesh, in genuine love,

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

8through honor and dishonor, through evil report and good report. We are regarded as deceivers and yet true;

9as unknown and yet well-known; as dying, yet behold, we live; as disciplined yet not put to death;

10as grieving yet always rejoicing; as poor yet enriching many; as having nothing yet possessing everything.

11We have spoken openly to you, O Corinthians; our heart is open wide!