2 Corinthians 6:1-13 ▼

1 And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain

2 (for he saith, At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee, And in a day of salvation did I succour thee: behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation):

3 giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed;

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

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

6 in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the Holy Ghost, in love unfeigned,

7 in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

8 by glory and dishonour, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

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

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

11 Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.

12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.

13 Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged.