2 Corinthians 6

Paul’s Hardships

¹ Working together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain, ²for he says,

“At an acceptable time I listened to you,
in a day of salvation I helped you.” ^[a]

Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation. ³We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed, ⁴but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses, ⁵in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; ⁶in pureness, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love, ⁷in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, ⁸by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; ⁹as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed; ¹⁰as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

¹¹Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged. ¹²You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections. ¹³Now in return, I speak as to my children, you also be open wide. ¹⁴Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? ¹⁵What agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever? ¹⁶What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.” ^[b] ¹⁷Therefore

“‘Come out from among them,
    and be separate,’ says the Lord.
‘Touch no unclean thing.
    I will receive you. ^[c]
¹⁸I will be to you a Father.
    You will be to me sons and daughters,’

says the Lord Almighty.” ^[d]

Footnotes:

[a] 2 Corinthians 6:2 Isaiah 49:8 [a-1]
[b] 2 Corinthians 6:16 Leviticus 26:12 [b-1]; Jeremiah 32:38 [b-2]; Ezekiel 37:27 [b-3]
[c] 2 Corinthians 6:17 Isaiah 52:11 [c-1]; Ezekiel 20:34 [c-2], Ezekiel 20:41 [c-3]
[d] 2 Corinthians 6:18 2 Samuel 7:14 [d-1] ; 2 Samuel 7:8 [d-2]

Old Testament Footnotes:

[a-1] Isaiah 49:8

⁸Yahweh says, “In an acceptable time I have answered you,
and in a day of salvation I have helped you.
I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people,
to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage:

[b-1] Leviticus 26:12 ¹²I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you will be my people.

[b-2] Jeremiah 32:38 ³⁸and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

[b-3] Ezekiel 37:27 ²⁷My tent also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

[c-1] Isaiah 52:11

¹¹Depart, depart, go out from there; touch no unclean thing!
Go out from among her!
Cleanse yourselves, you who carry Yahweh’s vessels.

[c-2] Ezekiel 20:34 ³⁴and I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries in which you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out;

[c-3] Ezekiel 20:41 ⁴¹As a pleasant aroma will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries in which you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.

[d-1] 2 Samuel 7:14 ¹⁴I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;

[d-2] 2 Samuel 7:8 ⁸Now therefore tell my servant David this, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel.

2 Corinthians 5 † 2 Corinthians 7

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