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Do Not Receive the Grace of God in Vain Excerpt Continuing the entreaty of ch.  5:20 , he adds, “But as [his] fellow-workers we also exhort you.” The “also” shows that he does not rest content with merely  entreating  them ( δεόμεθα ), but adds to the entreaty an exhortation emphasized by a self-sacrificing ministry. “Fellow-workers  with God ” ( 1 Cor.  3:9 ).  Beseech . The word is the same as that rendered “beseech” by the Authorized Version in ch.  5:20 , and it should be rendered “exhort:” “God exhorts you by our means; we, therefore, entreat you to be reconciled to God; yes, and as Christ’s fellow-workers we exhort you.”  That  ye receive not . The word means both passively to receive and actively to accept as a personal boon.  The grace of God . To announce this is the chief aim of the gospel ( Acts  13:43 ;  20:24 ). In vain; that is, “without effect.” You must not only accept the teaching of God’s Word bu...

Do Not Receive the Grace of God in Vain Excerpt Continuing the entreaty of ch.  5:20 , he adds, “But as [his] fellow-workers we also exhort you.” The “also” shows that he does not rest content with merely  entreating  them ( δεόμεθα ), but adds to the entreaty an exhortation emphasized by a self-sacrificing ministry. “Fellow-workers  with God ” ( 1 Cor.  3:9 ).  Beseech . The word is the same as that rendered “beseech” by the Authorized Version in ch.  5:20 , and it should be rendered “exhort:” “God exhorts you by our means; we therefore entreat you to be reconciled to God; yes, and as Christ’s fellow-workers we exhort you.”  That  ye receive not . The word means both passively to receive and actively to accept as a personal boon.  The grace of God . To announce this is the chief aim of the gospel ( Acts  13:43 ;  20:24 ). In vain; that is, “without effect.” You must not only accept the teaching of God’s Word, but must s...

Do Not Receive the Grace of God in Vain Excerpt Continuing the entreaty of ch. 5:20 , he adds, “But as [his] fellow-workers we also exhort you.” The “also” shows that he does not rest content with merely  entreating  them ( δεόμεθα ), but adds to the entreaty an exhortation emphasized by a self-sacrificing ministry. “Fellow-workers  with God ” ( 1 Cor.  3:9 ).  Beseech . The word is the same as that rendered “beseech” by the Authorized Version in ch. 5:20 , and it should be rendered “exhort:” “ God exhorts you by our means; we therefore entreat you to be reconciled to God ; yes, and as Christ’s fellow-workers we exhort you.”   That  ye receive not . The word means both passively to receive and actively to accept as a personal boon.  The grace of God . To announce this is the chief aim of the gospel ( Acts 13:43 ;  20:24 ). In vain; that is, “without effect.” You must not only accept the teaching of God’s Word , b...