我们做为神的[a]同工,也恳求你们:不可白受神的恩典。 因为他说:

“在悦纳的时候,我垂听了你;
在拯救的日子,我帮助了你。”[b]

看哪!现在就是悦纳的时候;看哪!现在就是拯救的日子。

服事的特性

我们不在任何事上给任何人跌倒的借口,免得这服事的工作被人挑剔; 反而在一切事上都证明自己是神的仆人[c]

在极大的忍耐中,在各种患难、艰难、困苦中,
在鞭打、监禁、混乱中,
在劳苦、失眠、饥饿中,
在纯洁、知识、耐心、仁慈中,
藉着圣灵,在不虚假的爱中,
在真理的话语中,在神的大能中,
藉着右手左手的公义兵器,
藉着荣耀和羞辱,藉着坏名声和好名声;
像是迷惑人的,却是真诚的;
像是人所不知的,却是人所共知的;
像是快要死的,可是看哪,我们是活着的;
像是受惩罚的,却是不被治死;
10 像是忧伤的,却总是快乐;
像是贫穷的,却使许多人富足;
像是一无所有,却是样样都有。

11 哥林多人哪,我们对你们,口是坦率的,心是敞开的。 12 你们并不是被我们压制了,而是被自己的情感压制了。 13 所以你们要同样回报我们——我如同对儿女说——你们也当敞开!

分别为圣

14 你们不可与不信的人同负一轭。公义和罪恶[d]到底有什么相通呢?光明与黑暗有什么相合呢? 15 基督与彼列[e]有什么相融呢?信的与不信的有什么关系呢? 16 神的圣所与偶像有什么相同呢?要知道,我们[f]是永生神的圣所,正如神所说:

“我将要在他们中间居住,在他们中间往来;
我将要做他们的神,他们将要做我的子民。”[g]
17 “所以主说:
你们要从他们中间出来,
要被分别出来;
不要碰不洁净的东西,
我就接纳你们”[h]
18 “我将要做你们的父亲,
你们将要做我的儿女。
这是主、全能者说的。”[i]

Footnotes

  1. 哥林多后书 6:1 神的——辅助词语。
  2. 哥林多后书 6:2 《以赛亚书》49:8。
  3. 哥林多后书 6:4 仆人——或译作“执事”。
  4. 哥林多后书 6:14 罪恶——原文直译“不法”。
  5. 哥林多后书 6:15 彼列——指“撒旦”;是魔鬼撒旦的别名。
  6. 哥林多后书 6:16 我们——有古抄本作“你们”。
  7. 哥林多后书 6:16 《利未记》26:12;《耶利米书》31:33;32:38;《以西结书》37:27。
  8. 哥林多后书 6:17 《以赛亚书》52:11。
  9. 哥林多后书 6:18 《撒母耳记下》7:14。

As God’s co-workers(A) we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.(B) For he says,

“In the time of my favor I heard you,
    and in the day of salvation I helped you.”[a](C)

I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.

Paul’s Hardships

We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path,(D) so that our ministry will not be discredited. Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; in beatings, imprisonments(E) and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger;(F) in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit(G) and in sincere love;(H) in truthful speech(I) and in the power of God;(J) with weapons of righteousness(K) in the right hand and in the left; through glory and dishonor,(L) bad report(M) and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors;(N) known, yet regarded as unknown; dying,(O) and yet we live on;(P) beaten, and yet not killed; 10 sorrowful, yet always rejoicing;(Q) poor, yet making many rich;(R) having nothing,(S) and yet possessing everything.(T)

11 We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you.(U) 12 We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us. 13 As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children(V)—open wide your hearts(W) also.

Warning Against Idolatry

14 Do not be yoked together(X) with unbelievers.(Y) For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?(Z) 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial[b]?(AA) Or what does a believer(AB) have in common with an unbeliever?(AC) 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?(AD) For we are the temple(AE) of the living God.(AF) As God has said:

“I will live with them
    and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.”[c](AG)

17 Therefore,

“Come out from them(AH)
    and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
    and I will receive you.”[d](AI)

18 And,

“I will be a Father to you,
    and you will be my sons and daughters,(AJ)
says the Lord Almighty.”[e](AK)

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:2 Isaiah 49:8
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:15 Greek Beliar, a variant of Belial
  3. 2 Corinthians 6:16 Lev. 26:12; Jer. 32:38; Ezek. 37:27
  4. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezek. 20:34,41
  5. 2 Corinthians 6:18 2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8

Marks of the Ministry

We then, as (A)workers together with Him also (B)plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For He says:

(C)“In an acceptable time I have heard you,
And in the day of salvation I have helped you.”

Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

(D)We give no offense in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed. But in all things we commend ourselves (E)as ministers of God: in much [a]patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses, (F)in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings; by purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by [b]sincere love, (G)by the word of truth, by (H)the power of God, by (I)the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and (J)yet well known; (K)as dying, and behold we live; (L)as chastened, and yet not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many (M)rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Be Holy

11 O Corinthians! [c]We have spoken openly to you, (N)our heart is wide open. 12 You are not restricted by us, but (O)you are restricted by your own affections. 13 Now in return for the same (P)(I speak as to children), you also be open.

14 (Q)Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For (R)what [d]fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what [e]communion has light with darkness? 15 And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For (S)you[f] are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

(T)“I will dwell in them
And walk among them.
I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.”

17 Therefore

(U)“Come out from among them
And be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean,
And I will receive you.”
18 “I (V)will be a Father to you,
And you shall be My (W)sons and daughters,
Says the Lord Almighty.”

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:4 endurance
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:6 Lit. unhypocritical
  3. 2 Corinthians 6:11 Lit. Our mouth is open
  4. 2 Corinthians 6:14 in common
  5. 2 Corinthians 6:14 fellowship
  6. 2 Corinthians 6:16 NU we