2 Corinthians 6
1 So working together we really urge you not to receive God's grace in vain,
Working together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain,
2 for He says: “At a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I aided you.” Well, right now is a really favorable time; indeed, the day of salvation is now!
for he says, "At an acceptable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I helped you." Look, now is the "acceptable time." Look, now is the "day of salvation."
3 (We give no occasion for offense in anything, that the ministry not be faulted;
We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,
4 rather we commend ourselves as God's servants in every way with great endurance—in afflictions, in hardships, in distress,
but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in hard work, in sleepless nights, in fastings;
in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
6 by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love,
in pureness, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,
7 by truthful speech, by God's power, with the weapons of the righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
8 through glory and dishonor, through defamation and good repute; as ‘deceivers’ and true,
by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;
9 as unknown and well known, as dying and we live on, as chastened and not killed;
as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and look, we live; as punished, and not killed;
10 as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing everything!)
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
11 O Corinthians! We have spoken openly to you, our heart is open wide.
Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged.
12 You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your affections.
You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.
13 Now in return for the same (I speak as to my children), you also be wide open.
Now in return, I speak as to my children, you also be open wide.
14 Do not enter a mismatch with unbelievers; for what do righteousness and lawlessness have in common? And what fellowship does light have with darkness?
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
15 And what agreement is there between Christ and Belial? Or what portion can a believer share with an unbeliever?
What agreement has Messiah with Belial? Or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever?
16 Further, what agreement can a temple of God have with idols? Because you are a temple of the living God, just as God said: “I will dwell in them and walk among them; I will be their God and they will by my people.”
What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For we are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
17 Therefore, “Come out from among them and be separate,” says the Lord, “Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
Therefore, "'Go out from their midst, and be separate,' says the Lord, 'and touch no unclean thing,' and I will receive you.
18 And, “I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”
"And I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters," says the Lord Almighty.
