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2 Corinthians 6:2-4
New English Translation

2 For he says, “I heard you at the acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I helped you.”[a] Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation! 3 We do not give anyone[b] an occasion for taking an offense in anything,[c] so that no fault may be found with our ministry. 4 But as God’s servants,[d] we have commended ourselves in every way,[e] with great endurance, in persecutions,[f] in difficulties, in distresses,

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  1. 2 Corinthians 6:2 sn A quotation from Isa 49:8.
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:3 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.
  3. 2 Corinthians 6:3 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).
  4. 2 Corinthians 6:4 tn Or “ministers.”
  5. 2 Corinthians 6:4 tn Or “we have commended ourselves by all things.”
  6. 2 Corinthians 6:4 tn Or “in trouble and suffering.”
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