2 Corinthians 6
1 So we therefore as workers together beseech you, that ye receiue not the grace of God in vaine.
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 sayth, I haue heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of saluation haue I succoured thee: beholde nowe the accepted time, beholde nowe the day of saluation.
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 We giue no occasion of offence in any thing, that our ministerie shoulde not be reprehended.
Give ye no occasion of offence to any one in any thing, that there may be no reproach on our ministry.
4 But in all things we approue our selues as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
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 tumults, in labours,
in scourgings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in toil, in watching, in fasting;
6 By watchings, by fastings, by puritie, by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindnesse, by the holy Ghost, by loue vnfained,
by purity, by knowledge, by long suffering, by benignity, by the Holy Spirit, by love unfeigned,
7 By the worde of trueth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousnesse on the right hand, and on the 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 By honour, and dishonour, by euill report, and good report, as deceiuers, and yet true:
amid honor and dishonor, amid praise and contumely; as deceivers, and yet true;
9 As vnknowen, and yet knowen: as dying, and beholde, we liue: as chastened, and yet not killed:
as not known, and yet we are well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastised, yet not killed;
10 As sorowing, and yet alway reioycing: as poore, and yet make many riche: as hauing nothing, and yet possessing all things.
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as indigent, yet enriching many; as possessing nothing, yet having all things.
11 O Corinthians, our mouth is open vnto you: our heart is made large.
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is opened towards you, and our heart expanded.
12 Ye are not kept strait in vs, but ye are kept strait in your owne bowels.
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
13 Nowe for the same recompence, I speake as to my children, Be you also inlarged.
I speak as to my children, Pay me the debt which ye owe, and expand your love towards me.
14 Be not vnequally yoked with the infidels: for what fellowship hath righteousnesse with vnrighteousnesse? and what communion hath light with darkenesse?
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 concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath the beleeuer with the infidell?
or what concord hath the Messiah with Satan? or what part hath a believer with an unbeliever?
16 And what agreement hath the Temple of God with idols? for ye are the Temple of the liuing God: as God hath said, I will dwell among them, and walke there: and I will be their God, and they shalbe my 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 among them, and separate your selues, saith the Lord, and touch none vncleane thing, and I wil receiue 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 a Father vnto you, and ye shalbe my sonnes and daughters, saith the Lord almightie.
and will be to you a Father, and ye shall be sons and daughters to me, saith the Lord Almighty.
