2 Corinthians 6:1-2
What is written? (ESV)
Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For he says, ‘In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.’ Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
What does it say?
So, together with him [God, the Father], we implore that you don’t receive the gift of God in vain. God through Isaiah said, ‘In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.’ Listen! Right now is the favorable time, and now is the day of salvation.
What is its immediate context?
Paul is literally imploring some at the church of Corinth to “be reconciled to God” (5:20) after reminding them that “we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.” (5:10)He quotes here from Isaiah 49:8, which goes on to speak about God giving His people “a covenant…to establish the land” and that “springs of water will guide them” (vs 10).
How 2 Corinthians 6:1-2 is applied across Bible answers
Can one fall from grace?
Paul pleads with the Christians at Corinth not to "receive the grace of God in vain".
How are we saved by grace only?
God's grace can be "received in vain".
Paul is imploring some at the church of Corinth to “be reconciled to God” (5:20) after reminding them that “we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.” (5:10)
Is God’s grace irresistible?
Paul's appeal infers that God's grace could in fact be received "in vain".
What is the day of the Lord?
Paul confirms that the Corinthian Christians were living in the long-promised "day of salvation"12 from God.
