2 Corinthians 6:2

“For he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you, and on a day of salvation I helped you.” Look, now is the very acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation.”
2 Corinthians 6:2 · direct translation from the Greek

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Forγάρhe says,λέγει“At an acceptableδεκτῷtimeΚαιρῷI listened toἐπήκουσάyou,σουandκαὶonἐνa dayἡμέρᾳof salvationσωτηρίαςI helpedἐβοήθησάyou.”σοιLook,ἰδοὺnowνῦνisthe very acceptableεὐπρόσδεκτοςtime;καιρὸςlook,ἰδοὺnowνῦνisthe dayἡμέραof salvation.σωτηρίας

Quotation · Isaiah 49:8

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Paul quotes Isaiah 49:8 and comments on it: “now is the very acceptable time.”

Formula: λέγει γάρ “for he says” (2 Corinthians 6:2)

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Greek of the New Testament: λέγει γάρ Καιρῷ δεκτῷ ἐπήκουσά σου καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σωτηρίας ἐβοήθησά σοι ἰδοὺ νῦν καιρὸς εὐπρόσδεκτος ἰδοὺ νῦν ἡμέρα σωτηρίας

Hebrew (Masoretic text): כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה בְּעֵת רָצוֹן עֲנִיתִיךָ וּבְיוֹם יְשׁוּעָה עֲזַרְתִּיךָ וְאֶצָּרְךָ וְאֶתֶּנְךָ לִבְרִית עָם לְהָקִים אֶרֶץ לְהַנְחִיל נְחָלוֹת שֹׁמֵמוֹת

Septuagint (Isaiah 49:8 in the Septuagint numbering): οὕτως λέγει Κύριος Καιρῷ δεκτῷ ἐπήκουσά σου, καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σωτηρίας ἐβοήθησά σοι, καὶ ἔδωκά σε εἰς διαθήκην ἐθνῶν, τοῦ καταστῆσαι τὴν γῆν καὶ κληρονομῆσαι κληρονομίαν ἐρήμου,

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 10 consecutive words: “Καιρῷ δεκτῷ ἐπήκουσά σου καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σωτηρίας ἐβοήθησά σοι.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

2 Corinthians 6:2, word by word

he saysλέγειlegei

say

To express something in words to others.

Where else “legei” appears

“At an acceptableδεκτῷdektōi

acceptable, welcome

Acceptable, welcome, favorable.

Where else “dektōi” appears

timeΚαιρῷKairōi

right time

The right moment for something.

Where else “Kairōi” appears

I listened toἐπήκουσάepēkousa

listen to

Listen attentively and with favor, attend to someone who asks.

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a dayἡμέρᾳhēmerai

day

A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”

Where else “hēmerai” appears

of salvationσωτηρίαςsōtērias

salvation

Salvation.

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I helpedἐβοήθησάeboēthēsa

help

Help, come to the aid of.

Where else “eboēthēsa” appears

the very acceptableεὐπρόσδεκτοςeuprosdektos

acceptable

Acceptable, welcome, well received.

Where else “euprosdektos” appears

Translation note

Quotation of Isaiah 49:8, according to the Greek of the Old Testament.

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Quotation · Isaiah 49:8

Paul quotes Isaiah 49:8 and comments on it: “now is the very acceptable time.”

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2 Corinthians 6:2

²For he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you, and on a day of salvation I helped you.” Look, now is the very acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation.

Isaiah 49:8

⁸Thus says YHWH: “In a time of favor I answered you, and in a day of salvation I helped you; and I will keep you and make you a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate inheritances;

The context

1And working together with him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

2 · This verse (above)

3giving no cause for stumbling in anything, so that the service may not be faulted,

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