2 Corinthians 6:5

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

Stripes (2 Corinthians 11:23; ).

Imprisonments (). He had been, doubtless, elsewhere imprisoned besides at Philippi.

Tumults (; ; ; ; and recently, 19:23-41).

Labours - in the cause of Christ (; ).

Watchings () - sleepless nights.

Fastings. The context refers to trials, not devotional exercises. Thus, 'foodlessness' probably is the sense (cf. ; ). The usual sense of the Greek is fasts in the strict sense; and in it is spoken of independently of "hunger and thirst" (cf. ; ; ). However, ; , justify the rare sense favoured by the context, foodlessness. Gaussen, 'The apostles combine the highest offices with the humblest exterior: everything in the Church was cast in the mould of death and resurrection-the cardinal principle throughout Christianity.'