Approving Ourselves – In Much Patience
2 Corinthians 6:3 – 10
Where? In Persecution ~ (Patience)
Category I In Afflictions
General In Necessities
Sufferings In Distresses
Category II In Stripes BODY (A Living Sacrifice)
Specific In Imprisonments
Sufferings In Tumults
Category III In Labors
Voluntary In Watchings
Sufferings In Fastings
How? By Provision ~ (Experience)
Category I By Pureness
Inward By Knowledge
(Think) By Longsuffering
Category II By Kindness SPIRIT (Renewed Mind)
Outward By the Holy Ghost
(Live) By Love Unfeigned
Category III By the Word of Truth UPWARD
Upward By the Power of God
(Labor) By the Armour of Righteousness
When? The Perspective ~ (Hope)
Category I By Honor & Dishonor
Perceived By Evil Report & Good Report
By Others As Deceivers & Yet True
Category II As Unknown & Yet Well Known SOUL (Stable Heart)
Perceived As Dying & Behold We Live
By Others As Chastened & Not Killed
Category III As Sorrowful Yet Always Rejoicing
What We As Poor Yet Making Many Rich
Perceive As Having Nothing & Yet Possessing All Things
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