2 Corinthians 6:1 Meaning and Explanation
“We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.”
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Read Full Chapter →Paul, having just described the ministry of reconciliation, pleads with the Corinthians not to let the grace they have received come to nothing.
What Does 2 Corinthians 6:1 Mean?
Paul has just announced that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself and has made him an ambassador of that message. Now he presses the appeal home. He calls himself and his companions co-workers with God, partners in the very work of grace, and he begs the Corinthians not to let that grace be wasted.
Grace can be received in vain when it is welcomed but never allowed to bear fruit. To accept the love offered in Christ and then live as though nothing had changed is to leave the gift idle. Paul urges his readers to let what they have received take root, shaping their daily lives into something that answers the mercy given them.
2 Corinthians 6:1 in the Original Language
parakaleo (παρακαλέω), 'beseech' -- to call alongside, urging and comforting at once.
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What does 2 Corinthians 6:1 mean?
Paul, having just described the ministry of reconciliation, pleads with the Corinthians not to let the grace they have received come to nothing.