2 Corinthians 6:2
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2 For God says,
“At just the right time, I heard you.
On the day of salvation, I helped you.”[a]
Indeed, the “right time” is now. Today is the day of salvation.
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2 Corinthians 6:2
New International Version
2 For he says,
I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 6:2 Isaiah 49:8
Isaiah 49:8
New Living Translation
Promises of Israel’s Restoration
8 This is what the Lord says:
“At just the right time, I will respond to you.[a]
On the day of salvation I will help you.
I will protect you and give you to the people
as my covenant with them.
Through you I will reestablish the land of Israel
and assign it to its own people again.
Isaiah 49:8
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Restoration of Israel
8 This is what the Lord says:
Hebrews 4:7
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7 So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted:
“Today when you hear his voice,
don’t harden your hearts.”[a]
Hebrews 4:7
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7 God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This he did when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted:
Footnotes
- Hebrews 4:7 Psalm 95:7,8
Isaiah 61:2
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2 He has sent me to tell those who mourn
that the time of the Lord’s favor has come,[a]
and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies.
Footnotes
- 61:2 Or to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
Isaiah 61:2
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Hebrews 3:13
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13 You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.
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Hebrews 3:13
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13 But encourage one another daily,(A) as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.(B)
Luke 19:42-44
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42 “How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from your eyes. 43 Before long your enemies will build ramparts against your walls and encircle you and close in on you from every side. 44 They will crush you into the ground, and your children with you. Your enemies will not leave a single stone in place, because you did not recognize it when God visited you.[a]”
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- 19:44 Greek did not recognize the time of your visitation, a reference to the Messiah’s coming.
Luke 19:42-44
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42 and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.(A) 44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls.(B) They will not leave one stone on another,(C) because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming(D) to you.”
Luke 4:19
New Living Translation
19 and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come.[a]”
Footnotes
- 4:18-19 Or and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. Isa 61:1-2 (Greek version); 58:6.
Luke 4:19
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Footnotes
- Luke 4:19 Isaiah 61:1,2 (see Septuagint); Isaiah 58:6
Ezekiel 16:8
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8 And when I passed by again, I saw that you were old enough for love. So I wrapped my cloak around you to cover your nakedness and declared my marriage vows. I made a covenant with you, says the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.
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Ezekiel 16:8
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8 “‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment(A) over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant(B) with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.(C)
Hebrews 3:7
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Hebrews 3:7
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