2 Corinthians 6:1-4

And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain—

for He says, “At a favorable time I listened to you, And on a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is “a favorable time,” behold, now is “a day of salvation”—

giving no reason for taking offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited,

but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in difficulties,