2 Corinthians 6:2

For he says – ‘At the time for acceptance I listened to you, and on the day of deliverance I helped you.’ Now is the time for acceptance! Now is the day of deliverance!

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In The King James Version

(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

In Context

1Therefore, as God’s fellow workers, we also appeal to you not to receive his loving kindness in vain.

3Never do we put an obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.

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Cross References

Luke 18:37and, when people told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing,

Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says – ‘If today you hear God’s voice,

Hebrews 4:7again God fixed a day. ‘Today,’ he said, speaking after a long interval through the mouth of David, in the passage already quoted – ‘If today you hear God’s voice harden not your hearts.’

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 6:2-11

Ministry of the Apostles. ( a. d. 57.) 1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) 3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: 4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5… Read the whole commentary →

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