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¶ Se poutèt sa, mwen menm k'ap travay ak Bondye, mwen mande nou pou nou pa kite favè nou resevwa nan men Bondye a gaspiye.

Paske, nan Liv la Bondye te di: Mwen te koute ou, lè lè a te rive pou m' te fè ou gras la. Mwen te pote ou sekou, lè jou a te rive pou m' te delivre ou la. Enben, koulye a, men lè a rive pou n' resevwa favè Bondye a; se jòdi a menm nou ka jwenn delivrans.

Mwen pa ta vle pesonn jwenn anyen pou kritike nan travay mwen. Se poutèt sa, m'ap chache mwayen nan travay mwen pou m' pa bay pesonn okazyon tonbe nan peche.

Okontrè, nan tout bagay, mwen fè tout moun wè se Bondye m'ap sèvi. Se avèk anpil pasyans mwen sipòte tout kalite soufrans, tout kalite lafliksyon ak tout kalite kè sere.

Yo bat mwen, yo mete m' nan prizon. Yo moute tèt moun sou do mwen, yo fè m' fè travo fòse. Yo fè m' pase nwit san dòmi, yo fè m' rete san manje.

Mwen fè tout moun wè se moun k'ap sèvi Bondye mwen ye pou jan m' mache dwat, pou jan m' konn verite a, pou jan m' gen pasyans ak bon kè, pou jan m' kite Sentespri dirije lavi m', pou jan m' renmen tout moun ak tout kè mwen,

pou jan m'ap mache bay verite a, pou jan Bondye soutni m' ak pouvwa li. Mwen sèvi ak tout bagay ki dwat tankou zam, kit pou atake, kit pou defann tèt mwen.

Yon lè yo respekte mwen, yon lòt lè yo fè m' wont. Yon lè yo pale byen pou mwen, yon lòt lè yo pale m' mal. Yo fè m' pase pou moun k'ap bay manti, men se verite a m'ap di.

Yo fè m' pase pou moun pesonn pa konnen, men tout moun konnen m' byen pwòp. Yo fè m' pase pou moun ki fin mouri, men mwen byen vivan. Yo bat mwen, men yo pa touye mwen.

10 Y'ap fè m' lapenn, men mwen toujou gen kè kontan. Mwen sanblè m' pòv, men mwen fè anpil moun rich. Mwen sanble m' pa gen anyen, men se mwen menm ki gen tout bagay.

11 ¶ Zanmi m' yo, moun Korent, mwen pale kare avè nou, mwen louvri tout kè m' ban nou.

12 Se pa mwen ki te fèmen kè m' ban nou, se nou menm ki te fèmen kè nou ban mwen.

13 Se poutèt sa, m'ap pale avè nou tankou si nou te pitit mwen. Santiman mwen gen pou nou an se li menm tou pou nou gen pou mwen: louvri tout kè nou ban mwen.

14 Pa mete tèt nou ansanm ak moun ki pa gen konfyans nan Kris la: Se pa sosyete konsa ki bon pou nou. Ki jan nou ta vle wè sa pou bagay ki bon, bagay ki dwat, mele ak bagay ki mal? Ki jan pou limyè ta ka mache ak fènwa?

15 Kouman Kris la ta ka antann li ak Satan? Osinon, kisa yon moun ki kwè gen pou wè ansanm ak moun ki pa kwè?

16 Kisa kay Bondye a gen pou wè ak zidòl? Nou se kay Bondye vivan an, pa vre? Se Bondye menm ki di sa: M'a vin rete, m'a viv nan mitan yo. M'a tounen Bondye yo, y'a tounen pèp mwen.

17 Se poutèt sa, Bondye te di nou: Soti nan mitan moun sa yo. Pa mele ak yo. Pa manyen anyen nou pa dwe manyen. Lè sa a, mwen menm, m'a resevwa nou.

18 M'a tankou yon papa pou nou. Nou menm, n'a tankou pitit gason m' ak pitit fi mwen. Se Mèt ki gen tout pouvwa a ki di sa.

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