2 Corinthians 6
1 As God's fellow workers, we urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
As co-workers with him, we beseech you, that you receive not the grace of God in vain:
2 For he says, “At a favorable time I listened to yoʋ, and in a day of salvation I helped yoʋ.” Behold, now is the favorable time; now is the day of salvation.
(for he says: I have heard thee in an acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I have helped thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation: )
3 We are putting no obstacle in anyone's way, so that our ministry may not be discredited.
for we put no stumbling-block in any man’s way, in order that this ministry may not be blamed;
4 Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
but in all things we commend ourselves as the ministers of God, in much suffering, in afflictions, in distresses, in straits,
5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in sleepless nights, in hunger,
in stripes, in prisons, in commotions, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
6 in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love,
by purity, by knowledge, by long forbearance, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by love unfeigned,
7 in the word of truth, in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness for the right hand and 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 glory and dishonor, through bad report and good report; regarded as deceivers, and yet true;
by honor and dishonor, by evil report, and good report; as impostors, yet truthful;
9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not put to death;
as unknown, yet well-known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and yet not put to death;
10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing all things.
11 O Corinthians, we have spoken freely to you; our hearts have been opened wide.
Corinthians, our mouth is opened to you, our heart is enlarged:
12 You are not restricted by us, but by your own affections.
you are not straitened in us, but you are straitened in your own affections.
13 Now in return—I am speaking as I would to my own children—open your hearts to us.
That you may repay me in like manner, (I speak as to children, ) be you also enlarged.
14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? What fellowship does light have with darkness?
Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? What communion has light with darkness?
15 What harmony does Christ have with Belial? What portion does a believer have with an unbeliever?
What agreement has Christ with Belial? What connection has a believer with an unbeliever?
16 And what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For you are the 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 be my people.
What has a temple of God in common with one of idols? For you are the temple of the living God, as God has said: I will dwell in them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall 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.
For this reason, come out from among them, and separate yourselves, says the Lord, and touch not an unclean person, and I will receive you;
18 I will be a father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”
and I will be to you a father, and you shall be to me sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
