6:1 And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain—
6:2 for He says,
“AT A FAVORABLE TIME I LISTENED TO YOU,
AND ON A DAY OF SALVATION I HELPED YOU.” Behold, now is “A FAVORABLE TIME,” behold, now is “A DAY OF SALVATION”—
6:3 giving no reason for taking offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited,
6:4 but in everything commending ourselves as ①servants of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in difficulties,
▷ ①Or ministers
6:5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in ①mob attacks, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger,
▷ ①Lit tumults
6:6 in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love,
6:7 in the word of truth, and in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left,
6:8 by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; regarded as deceivers and yet true;
6:9 as unknown and yet well known, as dying and yet behold, we are alive; as ①punished and yet not put to death,
▷ ①Or disciplined
6:10 as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.
6:11 Our mouth ①has spoken freely to you, you Corinthians, our heart is opened wide.
▷ ①Lit is open to you
6:12 You are not restrained ①by us, but you are restrained in your own ②affections.
▷ ①Or in us ②Lit inward parts
6:13 Now in the same way in exchange—I am speaking as to children—open wide your hearts to us, you as well.
6:14 Do not be ①mismatched with unbelievers; for what do righteousness and lawlessness share together, or what does light have in common with darkness?
▷ ①Lit unevenly yoked
6:15 Or what harmony does Christ have with ①Belial, or ②what does a believer share with an unbeliever?
▷ ①Gr Beliar; a name of the devil and the antichrist ②Lit what part has a believer with an unbeliever
6:16 Or what agreement does ①the temple of God have with idols? For we are ②the temple of the living God; just as God said,
“I WILL DWELL AMONG THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM;
AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
▷ ①Or a temple ②Or a temple
6:17 Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE,” says the Lord.
“AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN;
And I will welcome you.
6:18 And I will be a father to you,
And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,”
Says the Lord Almighty.