2 Corinthians 6:1-13 ▼

1 And also working together we call on [you] that you do not receive the grace of God in vain—

2 for He says, “In an acceptable time I heard you, and in a day of salvation I helped you, behold, now [is] a well-accepted time; behold, now, a day of salvation.”

3 In nothing giving any cause of offense, that the ministry may not be blamed,

4 but in everything recommending ourselves as God’s servants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,

5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in insurrections, in labors, in watchings, in fastings,

6 in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in unhypocritical love,

7 in the word of truth, in the power of God, through the armor of righteousness, on the right and on the left,

8 through glory and dishonor, through evil report and good report, as leading astray, and true;

9 as unknown, and recognized; as dying, and behold, we live; as disciplined, and not put to death;

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

11 Our mouth has been open to you, O Corinthians, our heart has been enlarged!

12 You are not restricted in us, and you are restricted in your [own] yearnings,

13 and [as] a repayment of the same kind (as to children I say [it]), be enlarged—also you!