2 Corinthians 6
1 As fellow-workers, then, with him, we also exhort you that ye receive not the grace of God in vain;
We then, [as] co-workers [with him], beseech [you] also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
2 (for he saith: “In an accepted time I heard thee, and in the day of salvation I helped thee;” Behold, now is the accepted time, behold, now is the day of salvation; )
(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now [is] the accepted time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation.)
3 giving no occasion for stumbling in anything, that the ministry may not be blamed;
Giving no offense in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
4 but as God's ministers recommending ourselves in all things, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
But in all [things] approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
6 in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,
By pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by love unfeigned,
7 in the word of truth, in the power of God, by the weapons of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
8 through honor and dishonor, through evil report and good report; as deceivers, and true;
By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and [yet] true;
9 as unknown, and well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
As unknown, and [yet] well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.
As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.
11 Our mouth is open to you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.
O [ye] Corinthians, our mouth is open to you, our heart is enlarged.
12 Ye have not a narrow place in my heart, but ye have a narrow place for me in yours.
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
13 So then in return, I speak to you as children, let your hearts be enlarged.
Now for a recompense in the same (I speak as to [my] children, ) be ye also enlarged.
14 Be not strangely yoked with unbelievers; for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? Or what communion hath light with darkness?
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Beliar? Or what part hath a believer with an unbeliever?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God; as God said: “I will dwell among them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I 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 anything unclean;” “and I will receive you,
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you;
18 and will be to you a father, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”
And [I] will be a Father to you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
