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2 Corinthians 6 · Grade 5

The Acceptable Time

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Paul appeals to the Corinthians as a fellow worker with God not to receive His grace in vain. Quoting Isaiah 49:8, he applies the prophet's day of favor to the present. Now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation. The Good News calls for a response today.

Paul then commends his ministry, not by letters or status, but by endurance. He lists afflictions, hardships, labors, sleepless nights, and hunger. Alongside these he lists the qualities produced by the Spirit: purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, sincere love, the word of truth, and the power of God. A string of paradoxes follows. Treated as deceivers yet true, unknown yet well known, sorrowful yet always rejoicing, poor yet making many rich, having nothing yet possessing everything.

Paul's heart is wide open to the Corinthians, and he asks them, as his children, to widen their hearts in return. He then calls them not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers, using the image of two mismatched animals under one yoke. Righteousness and lawlessness, light and darkness, Christ and Belial have no partnership. The church is the temple of the living God. Weaving together words from the Old Testament, Paul shows that God will dwell among His people, receive them, and be a Father to them.

Show What You Know

  1. What Old Testament passage does Paul apply to the present?

  2. How does Paul commend his ministry?

  3. What image does unequally yoked use?

  4. What does God promise His people at the end of the chapter?

Crossword

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Across

  1. I will ____ you

Down

  1. In a day of ____ I helped you
  2. But in everything commending ourselves as ____ of God
  3. For you are a ____ of the living God

Think About It

  1. Paul's ministry was marked by both hardship and the fruit of the Spirit. Which of the qualities in verses 6-7 do you most want God to grow in you?

  2. Paul calls the church the temple of the living God. How should that truth shape the choices and partnerships of believers?

Memory Verse

“For he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you. In a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.”

2 Corinthians 6:2 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for the gift of today. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can your life show that you serve God?
  • How does being God's temple shape choices?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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