2 Corinthians 6
1 But [as] fellow-workmen, we also beseech that ye receive not the grace of God in vain:
And as aiders we entreat of you, that the grace of God which ye have received, may not be ineffectual in you.
2 (for he says, I have listened to thee in an accepted time, and I have helped thee in a day of salvation: behold, now [is the] well-accepted time; behold, now [the] day of salvation: )
For he hath said, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in the day of life I have aided thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time! and behold, now is the day of life!
3 giving no manner of offence in anything, that the ministry be not blamed;
Give ye no occasion of offence to any one in any thing, that there may be no reproach on our ministry.
4 but in everything commending ourselves as God's ministers, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessities, in straits,
But we, in all things, would show ourselves to be the ministers of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessity, in distresses,
5 in stripes, in prisons, in riots, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,
in scourgings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in toil, in watching, in fasting;
6 in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in [the] Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,
by purity, by knowledge, by long suffering, by benignity, by the Holy Spirit, by love unfeigned,
7 in [the] word of truth, in [the] power of God; through the arms of righteousness on the right hand and left,
by the speaking of truth, by the energy of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left;
8 through glory and dishonour, through evil report and good report: as deceivers, and true;
amid honor and dishonor, amid praise and contumely; as deceivers, and yet true;
9 as unknown, and well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as disciplined, and not put to death;
as not known, and yet we are well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastised, yet not killed;
10 as grieved, but always rejoicing; as poor, but enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things.
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as indigent, yet enriching many; as possessing nothing, yet having all things.
11 Our mouth is opened to you, Corinthians, our heart is expanded.
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is opened towards you, and our heart expanded.
12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your affections;
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
13 but for an answering recompense, (I speak as to children, ) let your heart also expand itself.
I speak as to my children, Pay me the debt which ye owe, and expand your love towards me.
14 Be not diversely yoked with unbelievers; for what participation [is there] between righteousness and lawlessness? or what fellowship of light with darkness?
And be ye not yoke-fellows with them that believe not: for what fellowship hath righteousness with iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?
15 and what consent of Christ with Beliar, or what part for a believer along with an unbeliever?
or what concord hath the Messiah with Satan? or what part hath a believer with an unbeliever?
16 and what agreement of God's temple with idols? for ye are [the] living God's temple; according as God has said, I will dwell among them, and walk among [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be to me a people.
or what agreement hath the temple of God with that of demons? For ye are the temple of the living God; as it is said, I will dwell among them, and walk among them, and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from the midst of them, and be separated, saith [the] Lord, and touch not [what is] unclean, and I will receive you;
Wherefore, come ye out from among them, and be ye separate from them, saith the Lord; and come not near the unclean thing, and I will receive you;
18 and I will be to you for a Father, and ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, saith [the] Lord Almighty.
and will be to you a Father, and ye shall be sons and daughters to me, saith the Lord Almighty.
