What does 2 Corinthians 6:5 mean?

2 Corinthians 6:5 highlights themes such as suffering, endurance, faithfulness when read in context.

How should I apply 2 Corinthians 6:5 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

3Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

4But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

5In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

6By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

7By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

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Hebrews 11:36
Both verses discuss enduring suffering for faith.
2 Timothy 3:11
Both highlight the sufferings faced by faithful servants of God.
Philippians 1:29
Both emphasize that suffering is part of the Christian experience.