Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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1 Working together with Him, we also appeal to you: "Don't receive God's grace in vain."
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As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
2 For He says: In an acceptable time, I heard you, and in the day of salvation, I helped you. Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation.
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For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.”I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.
3 We give no opportunity for stumbling to anyone, so that the ministry will not be blamed.
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We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited.
4 But in everything, as God's ministers, we commend ourselves: by great endurance, by afflictions, by hardship, by pressures,
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Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses;
5 by beatings, by imprisonments, by riots, by labors, by sleepless nights, by times of hunger,
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in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger;
6 by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love,
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in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;
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