2 Corinthians 6:1-2
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These simple verses capture the heart of the good news. Lowering Himself, the sinless Jesus took our sin upon Himself and canceled its power through His death and resurrection. As believers are united with Him, they are raised up with Him and embody God’s righteousness, experiencing forgiveness, reconciliation, and new life. This righteousness is a new creation gift that can never be separated from the Giver, and so believers only experience it because they are “in Him.”
6 As for those of us working as His emissaries,[a] we beg you not to take the grace of God lightly. 2 For God says through Isaiah,
When the time was right, I listened to you;
and that day you were delivered, I was your help.[b]
Look, now the time is right! See, your day of deliverance is here!
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- 6:1 Literally, apostles
- 6:2 Isaiah 49:8
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