Wide open hearts, a Reflection on 2 Corinthians 6:1-13

Here's his recruitment pitch for disciples:
downside: beatings, imprisonment, hunger
requirements: purity, patience, kindness, genuine love

Paul continues to list the contrasts:
being treated as impostors although we are true, as dying although we are alive, as poor although we make many rich, as having nothing although we possess everything.

Paul is asking the Corinthians, and, through them, us, to face honestly the hardships entailed in following Christ. Don't pretend that it is always easy. But, accept the joys that come with this life. Don't be turned off by people's inability to understand this--just keep loving them.