2 Corinthians 6:14-18

New Living Translation

The Temple of the Living God

¹⁴Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? ¹⁵What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil^[a]? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever? ¹⁶And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said:

“I will live in them
    and walk among them.
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.^[b]
¹⁷Therefore, come out from among unbelievers,
    and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord.
Don’t touch their filthy things,
    and I will welcome you.^[c]
¹⁸And I will be your Father,
    and you will be my sons and daughters,
    says the Lord Almighty.^[d]”

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Footnotes

6:15 Greek Beliar; various other manuscripts render this proper name of the devil as Belian, Beliab, or Belial.
6:16 Lev 26:12; Ezek 37:27.
6:17 Isa 52:11; Ezek 20:34 (Greek version).
6:18 2 Sam 7:14.

Ezekiel 36:24-29

New Living Translation

²⁴For I will gather you up from all the nations and bring you home again to your land.

²⁵“Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols. ²⁶And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.^[a] ²⁷And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations.

²⁸“And you will live in Israel, the land I gave your ancestors long ago. You will be my people, and I will be your God. ²⁹I will cleanse you of your filthy behavior. I will give you good crops of grain, and I will send no more famines on the land.

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