2 Corinthians 6:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ Working together with him, then, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ LABORING TOGETHER [as God's fellow workers] with Him then, we beg of you not to receive the grace of God in vain [that merciful kindness by which God exerts His holy influence on souls and turns them to Christ, keeping and strengthening them–do not receive it to no purpose].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain

Common English Bible

¹ Since we work together with him, we are also begging you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ But, as a help to you, we exhort you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ And we helping do exhort you, that you receive not the grace of God in vain.

2 Corinthians 6:1 Cross References

Jeremiah 8:8

“How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us’? But behold, the false pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.

Matthew 23:37

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!

Acts 11:23

When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose;

Acts 14:3

So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

Romans 12:1

I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

1 Corinthians 3:9

For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.

2 Corinthians 10:1

I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold to you when I am away! —

Galatians 2:21

I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification were through the law, then Christ died to no purpose.

Galatians 3:4

Did you experience so many things in vain?—if it really is in vain.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent that I might know your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and that our labor would be in vain.

Titus 2:11

For the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men,

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one fail to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” spring up and cause trouble, and by it the many become defiled;

Hebrews 12:25

See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less shall we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.

Hebrews 4:1

Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest remains, let us fear lest any of you be judged to have failed to reach it.

1 Peter 4:10

As each has received a gift, employ it for one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:

1 Samuel 14:45

Then the people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has wrought this great victory in Israel? Far from it! As the Lord lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has wrought with God this day.” So the people ransomed Jonathan, that he did not die.