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2 Corinthians 6:1-8

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1 Since we are God's coworkers, we urge you not to let God's kindness be wasted on you.
1 As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
2 God says, "At the right time I heard you. On the day of salvation I helped you." Listen, now is God's acceptable time! Now is the day of salvation!
2 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 don't give people any opportunity to find fault with how we serve.
3 We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited.
4 Instead, our lives demonstrate that we are God's servants. We have endured many things: suffering, distress, anxiety,
4 Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses;
5 beatings, imprisonments, riots, hard work, sleepless nights, and lack of food.
5 in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger;
6 [People can see] our purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit's presence [in our lives], our sincere love,
6 in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;
7 truthfulness, and the presence of God's power. We demonstrate that we are God's servants
7 in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
8 as we are praised and dishonored, as we are slandered and honored, and as we use what is right to attack what is wrong and to defend the truth. We are treated as dishonest although we are honest,
8 through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors;
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