2 Corinthians 6:1-6 ▼

1 Working together with him, we also appeal to you, “Don’t receive the grace of God in vain.”

2 For he says: At an acceptable time I listened to you, and in the day of salvation I helped you. See, now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation!

3 We are not giving anyone an occasion for offense, so that the ministry will not be blamed.

4 Instead, as God’s ministers, we commend ourselves in everything: by great endurance, by afflictions, by hardships, by difficulties,

5 by beatings, by imprisonments, by riots, by labors, by sleepless nights, by times of hunger,

6 by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love,