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We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

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Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

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But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

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In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

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By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

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By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

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By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

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As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

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As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

2 Corinthians 6:2

6:2 For he saith. Cited from Isaiah 49:8. This application stresses the urgency of accepting God’s grace and salvation in Christ (II Corinthians 5:20-21) without delay. Note also Proverbs 27:1; James 4:13,14.

2 Corinthians 6:4

6:4 all things. The “all things” which Paul enumerates in these verses as characteristic of true ministers (that is, “servants”) of Christ comprise a remarkable complex of three nine-fold descriptors. First (II Corinthians 6:4-5) are listed nine “negative” experiences which the servant must be willing to endure graciously. Then there are nine “positive” attributes which he should exhibit (II Corinthians 6:6-7). Finally, there are nine paradoxes that characterize such a minister (II Corinthians 6:8-10), displaying simultaneously the joys of life in Christ and the exigencies of living in the world as His servant.

2 Corinthians 6:8

6:8 honor and dishonor. Compare this list in II Corinthians 6:8-10 to that in II Corinthians 4:8-10.

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