And aworking together with Him,bwe also plead with you not to receive cthe grace of God in vain— 2 for He says,
“aAt 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 agiving no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited, 4 but in everything acommending ourselves as bministers of God, cin much perseverance, in afflictions, in distresses, in hardships, 5 in abeatings, in imprisonments, in bdisturbances, in labors, in sleeplessness, in chunger, 6 in purity, in aknowledge, in bpatience, in kindness, in the cHoly Spirit, in dunhypocritical love, 7 in athe word of truth, in bthe power of God; by cthe weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left, 8 by glory and adishonor, by bevil report and good report; regarded as cdeceivers and yet dtrue; 9 as unknown and yet well-known, as adying and yet behold, bwe live; as 1punished and yet not put to death, 10 as asorrowful but always arejoicing, as bpoor but making many rich, as chaving nothing and yet possessing dall things.