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But [as] fellow-workmen, we also beseech that ye receive not the grace of God in vain:

(for he says, I have listened to thee in an accepted time, and I have helped thee in a day of salvation: behold, now [is the] well-accepted time; behold, now [the] day of salvation:)

giving no manner of offence in anything, that the ministry be not blamed;

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As God’s co-workers(A) we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.(B) For he says,

“In the time of my favor I heard you,
    and in the day of salvation I helped you.”[a](C)

I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.

Paul’s Hardships

We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path,(D) so that our ministry will not be discredited.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:2 Isaiah 49:8