1 We work together with God. So we are asking you not to receive God's grace and then do nothing with it.
2 He says, "When I showed you my favor, I heard you. On the day I saved you, I helped you." (Isaiah 49:8) I tell you, now is the time God shows his favor. Now is the day he saves.
3 We don't put anything in anyone's way. So no one can find fault with our work for God.
4 Instead, we make it clear that we serve God in every way. We serve him by holding steady. We stand firm in all kinds of trouble, hard times and suffering.