4 But in all things, let us exhibit ourselves as ministers of God with great patience: through tribulation, difficulties, and distress;
5 despite wounds, imprisonment, and rebellion; with hard work, vigilance, and fasting;
6 by chastity, knowledge, and longsuffering; in pleasantness, in the Holy Spirit, and in unfeigned charity;
7 with the Word of truth, with the power of God, and with the armor of justice to the right and to the left;
8 through honor and dishonor, despite good reports and bad, whether seen as deceivers or truth-tellers, whether ignored or acknowledged;
9 as if dying and yet truly alive; as if chastised and yet not subdued;
10 as if sorrowful and yet always rejoicing; as if needy and yet enriching many; as if having nothing and possessing everything.