2 Corinthians 6:2 (For he said, I have heard you in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored you: behold, now is the accepted time… "Behold" is as a larum bell of attention, "now" is as a finger of indication or application to a season. 1. To awake our faith (Isaiah 7:14). 2. To awake our hope (Revelation 22:12). 3. To awake our love (1 John 3:1). 4. To awake our fear (Revelation 1:7). 5. To wake our joy (Luke 2:10, 11). 6. To awake our thankfulness (Psalm 134:1). 7. To awake our compassion (Lamentations 1:12). 8. To awake our diligence.The accepted time. The season is that in time which light is in the air, lustre in metals, the flower in plants, cream in milk, quintessence in herbs, the prime and best of it. Now there being a threefold season — 1. Natural, which husbandmen observe in sowing, gardeners in planting and grassing, mariners in putting to sea. 2. Civil, which all humble suppliants observe in preferring petitions to princes and great personages. 3. Spiritual, which all that have a care of their salvation must observe in seeking the Lord while he may be found. (D. Featly, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) |
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