2 Corinthians 6
1 As God's fellow workers, we urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
So working together we really urge you not to receive God's grace 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: “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!
3 We are putting no obstacle in anyone's way, so that our ministry may not be discredited.
(We give no occasion for offense in anything, that the ministry not be faulted;
4 Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
rather we commend ourselves as God's servants in every way with great endurance—in afflictions, in hardships, in distress,
5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in sleepless nights, in hunger,
in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in hard work, in sleepless nights, in fastings;
6 in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love,
by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love,
7 in the word of truth, in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left,
by truthful speech, by God's power, with the weapons of the righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
8 through glory and dishonor, through bad report and good report; regarded as deceivers, and yet true;
through glory and dishonor, through defamation and good repute; as ‘deceivers’ and true,
9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not put to death;
as unknown and well known, as dying and we live on, as chastened and not killed;
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 and yet possessing everything!)
11 O Corinthians, we have spoken freely to you; our hearts have been opened wide.
O Corinthians! We have spoken openly to you, our heart is open wide.
12 You are not restricted by us, but by your own affections.
You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your affections.
13 Now in return—I am speaking as I would to my own children—open your hearts to us.
Now in return for the same (I speak as to my children), you also be wide open.
14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? What fellowship does light have with darkness?
Do not enter a mismatch with unbelievers; for what do righteousness and lawlessness have in common? And what fellowship does light have with darkness?
15 What harmony does Christ have with Belial? What portion does a believer have with an unbeliever?
And what agreement is there between Christ and Belial? Or what portion can a believer share 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.
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.”
17 Therefore, come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.
Therefore, “Come out from among them and be separate,” says the Lord, “Touch no unclean thing, 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 a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”
