2 Corinthians 6:3

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2 Corinthians 6:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.

2 For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!

3 We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.

4 Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;

5 in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;

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2 Corinthians 1:12

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1 Corinthians 8:9

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1 Corinthians 8:10

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1 Corinthians 8:11

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1 Corinthians 8:12

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1 Corinthians 8:13

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1 Corinthians 9:12

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1 Corinthians 9:22

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1 Corinthians 10:23

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1 Corinthians 10:24

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1 Corinthians 10:32

Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—

1 Corinthians 10:33

as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.