but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;

but in everything recommending ourselves as God's ministrants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,

but in everything commending ourselves asGod's ministers, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessities, in straits,