1 And working together, we also call upon you not to receive the favour of Elohim in vain –
2 For He says, “In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in a day of deliverance I have helped you.” See, now is the well-accepted time, see, now is a day of deliverance –
3 giving no cause of stumbling in whatever, so that the service is not blamed.
4 Rather, we commend ourselves as servants of Elohim in every way: in much endurance, in pressures, in hardships, in distresses,
5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in disturbances, in toils, in watchings, in fastings,