1And working together also we call upon [you] that ye receive not in vain the grace of God --
2for 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,` --
3in nothing giving any cause of offence, that the ministration may be not blamed,
4but in everything recommending ourselves as God`s ministrants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,
5in stripes, in imprisonments, in insurrections, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,
6in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,
7in the word of truth, in the power of God, through the armour of the righteousness, on the right and on the left,