2 Corinthians 6
1 But we helpynge monesten, that ye resseyuen not the grace of God in veyn.
So we therefore as workers together beseech you, that ye receiue not the grace of God in vaine.
2 For he seith, In tyme wel plesinge Y haue herd thee, and in the dai of heelthe Y haue helpid thee. Lo! now a tyme acceptable, lo! now a dai of heelthe.
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.
3 Yyue we to no man ony offencioun, that oure seruyce be not repreued;
We giue no occasion of offence in any thing, that our ministerie shoulde not be reprehended.
4 but in alle thingis yyue we vs silf as the mynystris of God, in myche pacience, in tribulaciouns,
But in all things we approue our selues as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
5 in nedis, in angwischis, in betyngis, in prisouns, in dissensiouns with ynne, in trauels, in wakyngis, in fastyngis,
In stripes, in prisons, in tumults, in labours,
6 in chastite, in kunnyng, in long abiding, in swetnesse, in the Hooli Goost,
By watchings, by fastings, by puritie, by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindnesse, by the holy Ghost, by loue vnfained,
7 in charite not feined, in the word of treuthe, in the vertu of God; bi armeris of riytwisnesse on the riythalf and on the lefthalf;
By the worde of trueth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousnesse on the right hand, and on the left,
8 bi glorie and vnnoblei; bi yuel fame and good fame; as disseyueris, and trewe men; as thei that ben vnknowun, and knowun;
By honour, and dishonour, by euill report, and good report, as deceiuers, and yet true:
9 as men diynge, and lo! we lyuen; as chastisid, and not maad deed;
As vnknowen, and yet knowen: as dying, and beholde, we liue: as chastened, and yet not killed:
10 as sorewful, euere more ioiynge; as hauynge nede, but makynge many men riche; as no thing hauynge, and weldynge alle thingis.
As sorowing, and yet alway reioycing: as poore, and yet make many riche: as hauing nothing, and yet possessing all things.
11 A! ye Corynthies, oure mouth is open to you, oure herte is alargid;
O Corinthians, our mouth is open vnto you: our heart is made large.
12 ye ben not angwischid in vs, but ye ben anguischid in youre inwardnessis.
Ye are not kept strait in vs, but ye are kept strait in your owne bowels.
13 And Y seie as to sones, ye that han the same reward, be ye alargid.
Nowe for the same recompence, I speake as to my children, Be you also inlarged.
14 Nyle ye bere the yok with vnfeithful men. For what parting of riytwisnes with wickidnesse? or what felouschipe of liyt to derknessis?
Be not vnequally yoked with the infidels: for what fellowship hath righteousnesse with vnrighteousnesse? and what communion hath light with darkenesse?
15 and what acording of Crist to Belial? or what part of a feithful with the vnfeithful?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath the beleeuer with the infidell?
16 and what consent to the temple of God with mawmetis? And ye ben the temple of the lyuynge God, as the Lord seith, For Y schal dwelle in hem, and Y schal walke among hem; and Y schal be God of hem, and thei schulen be a puple to me.
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.
17 For which thing go ye out of the myddil of hem, and be ye departid, seith the Lord, and touche ye not vnclene thing;
Wherefore come out from among them, and separate your selues, saith the Lord, and touch none vncleane thing, and I wil receiue you.
18 and Y schal resseyue you, and schal be to you in to a fadir, and ye schulen be to me in to sones and douytris, seith the Lord almyyti.
And I will be a Father vnto you, and ye shalbe my sonnes and daughters, saith the Lord almightie.
