2 Corinthians 6:1-4

God’s Suffering Servants

6:1 Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain. ¹  6:2 For he says, “I heard you at the acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” ²  Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation! 6:3 We do not give anyone ³  an occasion for taking an offense in anything, ⁴  so that no fault may be found with our ministry. 6:4 But as God’s servants, ⁵  we have commended ourselves in every way, ⁶  with great endurance, in persecutions, ⁷  in difficulties, in distresses,

[6:1]  ¹ tn Or “receive the grace of God uselessly.”

[6:2]  ² sn A quotation from Isa 49:8.

[6:3]  ³ tn The word “anyone” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context.

[6:3]  ⁴ tn Other interpretations of the first part of 2 Cor 6:3 are possible. The phrase could also mean, “not putting an obstacle in the way of anyone” (L&N 22.14), or “giving no one in anything a cause to sin” (L&N 88.307).

[6:4]  ⁵ tn Or “ministers.”

[6:4]  ⁶ tn Or “we have commended ourselves by all things.”

[6:4]  ⁷ tn Or “in trouble and suffering.”