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In the Bible God says:

    ‘I listened to your prayer at the right time for me to help you.
    I helped you on the right day for me to save you.’[a]
Listen! The right time is now! The day for God to save you is now!

We do not want anyone to think bad things about our work. So we do nothing that might cause trouble for anyone. Instead, in everything that we do, we want to show that we are God's servants. When people want to hurt us, we are patient and brave. We have many troubles. We become sad and upset.

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  1. 6:2 See Isaiah 49:8.

For he says,

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

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,(B) so that our ministry will not be discredited. Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses;

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:2 Isaiah 49:8