2 Corinthians 6: Now Is the Day

Paul urges the Corinthians not to receive God's grace in vain, because now is the acceptable time and the day of salvation. He describes how he and his co-workers have served God through great endurance, hardships, and sleepless nights, and also through purity, kindness, the Holy Spirit, and sincere love. They are sorrowful yet always rejoicing, poor yet making many rich, having nothing yet possessing everything. Paul has opened his heart wide to the Corinthians and asks them to open their hearts in return. He warns them not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers, because they are the temple of the living God, who promises to be their Father.

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¹ Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
² 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³ We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴ but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God: in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁵ in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁶ in pureness, in knowledge, in perseverance, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁷ in the word of truth, in the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁸ by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report, as deceivers and yet true,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁹ as unknown and yet well known, as dying and behold—we live, as punished and not killed,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁰ as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹¹ Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹² You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹³ Now in return—I speak as to my children—you also open your hearts.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁴ Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁵ What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what portion does a believer have with an unbeliever?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁶ What agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they will be my people.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁷ Therefore “‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁸ I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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Open Hearts

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Color the open door and the big heart. God's love is for today!

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Bible Verse

“Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain.”

2 Corinthians 6:1 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Open your arms wide. Say: Paul loved his friends with a big, open heart. God wants us to open our hearts to Him and to each other.

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Servants of God

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Read and Think

Paul urges the Corinthians not to receive God's grace in vain. He quotes Isaiah, where God promises to listen and help in a time of favor. Then Paul says that now is the acceptable time and the day of salvation.

Paul does not want anyone to stumble because of his ministry. He shows he is a true servant of God through great endurance in troubles, hard work, sleepless nights, and hunger. He also serves with purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, and sincere love. He is sorrowful yet always rejoicing, poor yet making many rich, having nothing yet possessing all things.

Paul says he has opened his heart wide to the Corinthians, and he asks them to do the same. He warns them not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers. Light and darkness have nothing in common. Believers are the temple of the living God. God promises to live among His people, to be their Father, and to make them His sons and daughters.

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When is the day of salvation?
Name two ways Paul served God.
What does Paul ask the Corinthians to do with their hearts?
What does God promise to be to His people?

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templeGodLightendurancesalvation

He quotes Isaiah, where promises to listen and help in a time of favor.
Then Paul says that now is the acceptable time and the day of .
He shows he is a true servant of God through great in troubles, hard work, sleepless nights, and hunger.
and darkness have nothing in common.
Believers are the of the living God.

Think About It

Paul says now is the day of salvation. Why might people put off turning to God, and why does Paul say not to wait?
Paul was sorrowful yet always rejoicing. How can a person have joy even in a hard season?

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.

Which Spirit quality do you want to grow?
How can you have joy in hard times?

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2 Corinthians 6 · Grade 5

The Acceptable Time

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Read and Think

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

What Old Testament passage does Paul apply to the present?
How does Paul commend his ministry?
What image does unequally yoked use?
What does God promise His people at the end of the chapter?

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I will ____ you

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

Think About It

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?
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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