2 Corinthians 6:1-13 ▼

1 And working together with Him, we also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain—

2 for He says, “AT THE ACCEPTABLE TIME I LISTENED TO YOU, AND ON THE DAY OF SALVATION I HELPED YOU.” Behold, now is “THE ACCEPTABLE TIME,” behold, now is “THE DAY OF SALVATION”—

3 giving no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited,

4 but in everything commending ourselves as ministers of God, in much perseverance, in afflictions, in distresses, in hardships,

5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in disturbances, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger,

6 in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in unhypocritical love,

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

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

9 as unknown and yet well-known, as dying and yet behold, we live; as punished and yet not put to death,

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

11 Our mouth has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our heart is opened wide.

12 You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections.

13 Now in a like exchange—I speak as to children—open wide to us also.