4 Anzi, rendendoci noi stessi approvati in ogni cosa, come ministri di Dio, in molta sofferenza, in afflizioni, in necessità, in distrette,

5 in battiture, in prigioni, in turbamenti, in travagli, in vigilie, in digiuni;

6 in purità, in conoscenza, in pazienza, in benignità, in Ispirito Santo, in carità non finta;

7 in parola di verità, in virtù di Dio, con le armi di giustizia a destra ed a sinistra;

8 per gloria, e per ignominia; per buona fama, e per infamia;

9 come seduttori, e pur veraci; come sconosciuti, e pur riconosciuti; come morenti, e pure ecco viviamo; come castigati, ma pure non messi a morte;

10 come contristati, e pur sempre allegri; come poveri, e pure arricchendo molti; come non avendo nulla, e pur possedendo ogni cosa

4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; 6 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, 7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, 8 By honour and dishonour, 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 alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.