2 Corinthians 6:3-13 - The Character Of Paul's Ministry

³ Giving no offense in anything, that the ministry be not blamed: ⁴ But in all things presenting ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, ⁵ In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; ⁶ By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by love unfeigned, ⁷ By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, ⁸ By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; ⁹ As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; ¹⁰ As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

¹¹ O you Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. ¹² You are not constrained in us, but you are constrained in your own affections. ¹³ Now in return for the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be you also enlarged in heart.