2 Corinthians 6:5

Imprisonments [φ υ λ α κ α ι ς]. See on Acts 5:21.

Tumults [α κ α τ α σ τ α σ ι α ι ς]. See on Luke 21:9, and compare ajkatastatov unstable, James 1:8. This is one of the words which show the influence of political changes. From the original meaning of unsettledness, it developed, through the complications in Greece and in the East after the death of Alexander, into the sense which it has in Luke - political instability. One of the Greek translators of the Old Testament uses it in the sense of dread or anxious care.

Watchings [α γ ρ υ π ν ι α ι ς]. Only here and ch. 11 27. See on the kindred verb, Mark 13:33. For the historical facts, see Acts 16:25; Acts 20:7-11; Acts 20:31; 2 Thessalonians 3:8.

Fastings [ν η σ τ ε ι α ι ς]. Mostly of voluntary fasting, as Matthew 17:21; Acts 14:23; but voluntary fasting would be out of place in an enumeration of hardships.