2 Corinthians 6:3-13 - The Character Of Paul's Ministry
3 Never do we put an obstacle in any one's way, that no fault may be found with our ministry. 4 No, we are trying to commend ourselves under all circumstances, as God's ministers should--in many an hour of endurance, in troubles, in hardships, in difficulties, 5 In floggings, in imprisonments, in riots, in toils, in sleepless nights, in fastings; 6 By purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindliness, by holiness of spirit, by unfeigned love; 7 By the Message of Truth, and by the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; 8 Amid honor and disrepute, amid slander and praise; regarded as deceivers, yet proved to be true; 9 As unknown, yet well-known; as at death's door, yet, see, we are living; as chastised, yet not killed; 10 As saddened, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things!
11 We have been speaking freely to you, men of Corinth; we have opened our heart; 12 There is room there for you, yet there is not room, in your love, for us. 13 Can you not in return--I appeal to you as I should to children--open your hearts to us?