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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

2 Corinthians 6:2 → Isaiah 49:8

Quotation

Later text

2 Corinthians 6:2BSB

For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!

Earlier text

Isaiah 49:8BSB

This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,

+ 1 more earlier text

Earlier text

Isaiah 49:6BSB

He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square9:35

Significance

Paul quotes Isaiah's second Servant Song (49:1-13), where God promises to answer and help the Servant during "the time of favor" and "the day of salvation." Paul declares this eschatological moment has arrived - "Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!" Paul identifies his apostolic ministry with the Suffering Servant's mission to be "a light for the nations," bringing salvation to Gentiles. This is realized eschatology - Isaiah's prophesied restoration from exile is happening through Christ and apostolic proclamation. Paul's subsequent catalog of hardships (6:4-10) mirrors the Servant's afflictions, yet his ministry brings life despite suffering, fulfilling Isaiah 49's promise that the Servant would see offspring and prolong days.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment

Linked Mentions 3

Trajectory Tables 2

Anchor Texts 1

Isaiah 49:1-6 — A Light to the Nations