3 We give no offense in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed. 4 But in all things we commend ourselves as ministers of God: in much [a]patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses, 5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings; 6 by purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by [b]sincere love, 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 yet not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
2 Corinthians 6:3-10
We must give no offense in anything, so we remain blameless and through that our ministry remains blameless. As saved men we are all called to be ministers of God. These verses seem to ebb and flow like the sea, illustrating that through trials and triumphs, by the power of the Holy Spirit, protected by the full armor of God that is His word, we delivered sinners carry on the work of the Kingdom of God, humbly, to all with ears to hear and eyes to see, as living examples of Jesus Christ to those who seek Truth.
