1. And working together also we call upon [you] that ye receive not in vain the grace of God--
2. for He saith, `In an acceptable time I did hear thee, and in a day of salvation I did help thee, lo, now [is] a well-accepted time; lo, now, a day of salvation,' --
3. in nothing giving any cause of offence, that the ministration may be not blamed,
4. but in everything recommending ourselves as God's ministrants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,
5. in stripes, in imprisonments, in insurrections, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,
6. in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,
7. in the word of truth, in the power of God, through the armour of the righteousness, on the right and on the left,
8. through glory and dishonour, through evil report and good report, as leading astray, and true;
9. as unknown, and recognized; as dying, and lo, we live; as chastened, and not put to death;