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2 Corinthians 6
61As fellow workers we also urge you not to receive God's grace in vain. 2For he says:
At a favorable time I listened to you,
Look, now is the favorable time! See, now is the day of salvation!
3We are giving no one a reason to stumble in any way, so that our ministry will not be blamed. 4Rather, in every way we show ourselves to be God's ministers: in great endurance, in troubles, in hardships, in difficulties, 5in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in hard work, in sleepless nights, in times of hunger; 6in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love, 7in the word of truth, in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness on the right and on the left; 8through glory and dishonor, through bad report and good report; treated as deceivers yet being honest, 9treated as unknown and yet being well known; as dying, and yet look—we live; as punished yet not put to death; 10as grieving yet always rejoicing; as poor yet making many rich; as having nothing yet possessing everything.
11We have spoken to you openly,[] Corinthians. Our heart is standing wide open. 12We have plenty of room for you, but you do not have room for us in your affections. 13I am speaking as to my children: In exchange, open your hearts wide too.
Do Not Be Yoked With Unbelievers
14Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what partnership does righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? 15And what agreement does Christ have with Belial?[] Or what does a believer share in common with an unbeliever? 16And what mutual agreement does God's temple have with idols? For you[] are the temple of the living God, just as God said:
I will live and walk among them.
17Therefore come out from them, and be separate, says the Lord.
Footnotes
- 6:2 Isaiah 49:8
- 6:11 Literally Our mouth is opened to you. This is an idiom for open and honest communication.
- 6:15 Greek has Beliar. Belial is the more common spelling. It is a reference to Satan.
- 6:16 Some witnesses to the text read we.
- 6:16 Leviticus 26:12; Jeremiah 32:38; Ezekiel 37:27
- 6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezekiel 20:34,41
- 6:18 2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8