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And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain -
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for He says, "AT THE ACCEPTABLE TIME I LISTENED TO YOU, AND ON THE DAY OF SALVATION I HELPED YOU." Behold, now is "THE ACCEPTABLE TIME," behold, now is "THE DAY OF SALVATION "-
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giving no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited,
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but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
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in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger,