Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on 2 Corinthians 6:5 in English Standard Version "beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger;" Ac 16:23 And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely. Ac 17:5 But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd. 2Co 11:23 Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death.