1. We work together with God. So we are asking you not to receive God's grace and then do nothing with it.
2. He says, "When I showed you my favor, I heard you. On the day I saved you, I helped you." (Isaiah 49:8) I tell you, now is the time God shows his favor. Now is the day he saves.
3. We don't put anything in anyone's way. So no one can find fault with our work for God.
4. Instead, we make it clear that we serve God in every way. We serve him by holding steady. We stand firm in all kinds of trouble, hard times and suffering.