2 Corinthians 6:1
We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
KJV
Συνεργοῦντες δὲ καὶ παρακαλοῦμεν μὴ εἰς κενὸν τὴν χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ δέξασθαι ὑμᾶς
Greek NT
Adjuvantes autem exhortamur ne in vacuum gratiam Dei recipiatis.
Vulgate
And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain
ASV
And we helping do exhort you that you receive not the grace of God in vain.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δέχομαι
dechomai
verb · 56×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κενός
kenos
adjective · 18×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
παρακαλέω
parakaleo
verb · 108×
συνεργέω
sunergeo
verb · 5×
χάρις
charis
noun · 155×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§36In the spiritual life, consequently, there can be no opposition between the action of God, who pours forth His grace into men's hearts so that the work of the redemption may always abide, and the tireless collaboration of man, who must not render vain the gift of God.[36] No more can the efficacy of the external administration of the sacraments, which comes from the rite itself…
We believe man in falling by the [Original] transgression to have become comparable and like unto the beasts, that is, to have been utterly undone, and to have fallen from his perfection and impassibility, yet not to have lost the nature and power which he had received from the supremely good God. For otherwise he would not be rational, and consequently not man; but to have the…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:10 — Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind
- 1Cor 3:5 — Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
- 1Cor 3:9 — For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
- 1Cor 3:9 — For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
- 1Cor 9:1 — Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
- 1Cor 15:2 — By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
- 1Cor 15:10 — But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
- 1Pet 2:11 — Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- 1Pet 4:10 — As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
- 1Pet 4:10 — As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
- 1Sam 14:45 — And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath
- 1Thess 2:8 — So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
- 1Thess 5:12 — And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
- 1Tim 5:17 — Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
- 2Cor 5:11 — Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
- 2Cor 5:18 — And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
- 2Cor 5:20 — Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
- 2Cor 8:1 — Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
- 3John 1:8 — We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
- Acts 13:43 — Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
- Acts 14:3 — Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
- Col 1:6 — Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
- Col 1:23 — If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul
- Col 4:11 — And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.
- Deut 5:29 — O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
- Eph 4:1 — I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
- Eph 4:7 — But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
- Gal 2:21 — I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
- Gal 3:4 — Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
- Gal 4:11 — I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
- Heb 3:7 — Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
- Heb 12:15 — Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
- Heb 12:15 — Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
- Heb 12:25 — See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
- Heb 13:22 — And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
- Isa 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
- Isa 60:5 — Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
- John 4:40 — So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
- John 17:22 — And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
- Luke 4:19 — To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.