2 Corinthians 6:5 — text, Greek, lexicon

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

sous les coups, dans les prisons, dans les troubles, dans les travaux, dans les veilles, dans les jeûnes;

KJV

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

Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
rom Dt. 28:1-14 ; whereas many kinds of trouble ensue to those who observe the New Law, as stated in 2 Cor. 6:4-10 : "Let us exhibit ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in tribulation, in necessities, in distresses," etc. Therefore the New Law is more burdensome…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
fasting is not an act of virtue. On the contrary, It is reckoned together with other virtuous acts ( 2 Cor. 6:5,6 ) where the Apostle says: "In fasting, in knowledge, in chastity, etc. [Vulg.: 'in chastity, in knowledge']." I answer that, An act is virtuous through being directed…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
a threefold purpose. First, in order to bridle the lusts of the flesh, wherefore the Apostle says ( 2 Cor. 6:5,6 ): "In fasting, in chastity," since fasting is the guardian of chastity. For, according to Jerome [*Contra Jov. ii.] "Venus is cold when Ceres and Bacchus are not ther…

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