2 Corinthians 6:1-10

New King James Version

Marks of the Ministry

6 We then, as ^(A)workers together with Him also ^(B)plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain. ²For He says:

^(C)“In an acceptable time I have heard you,
And in the day of salvation I have helped you.”

Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

³^(D)We give no offense in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed. ⁴But in all things we commend ourselves ^(E)as ministers of God: in much ^[a]patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses, ⁵^(F)in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings; ⁶by purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by ^[b]sincere love, ⁷^(G)by the word of truth, by ^(H)the power of God, by ^(I)the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, ⁸by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; ⁹as unknown, and ^(J)yet well known; ^(K)as dying, and behold we live; ^(L)as chastened, and yet not killed; ¹⁰as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many ^(M)rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.