2 Corinthians 6
Revised Standard Version
6 Working together with him, then, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. 2 For he says,
“At the acceptable time I have listened to you,
and helped you on the day of salvation.”
Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. 3 We put no obstacle in any one’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, 4 but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, 5 beatings, imprisonments, tumults, labors, watching, hunger; 6 by purity, knowledge, forbearance, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love, 7 truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; 8 in honor and dishonor, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; 9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as punished, and yet not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
11 Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide. 12 You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections. 13 In return—I speak as to children—widen your hearts also.
The Temple of the Living God
14 Do not be mismated with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 What accord has Christ with Be′lial?[a] Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said,
“I will live in them and move among them,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
17 Therefore come out from them,
and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch nothing unclean;
then I will welcome you,
18 and I will be a father to you,
and you shall be my sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.”
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 6:15 Greek Beliar
2 Corinthians 6
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament
6 Thus de as coworkers synergeō with him, · kai we urge parakaleō you hymeis not mē to receive dechomai the ho grace charis of ho God theos in eis vain kenos. 2 For gar he says legō, “ In the time kairos of my favor dektos I heard epakouō you sy, · kai in en the day hēmera of salvation sōtēria I helped boētheō you sy.” Behold idou, now nyn is the acceptable euprosdektos time kairos; behold idou, now nyn is the day hēmera of salvation sōtēria! 3 We do didōmi not mēdeis put didōmi a stumbling block proskopē in en anyone’ s mēdeis way , so that hina our ho ministry diakonia may not mē be faulted mōmaomai. 4 Rather alla, as hōs servants diakonos of God theos, we commend synistēmi ourselves heautou in en every pas way : in en great polys endurance hypomonē, in en times of affliction thlipsis, hardship anankē, and distress stenochōria; 5 in en beatings plēgē, in en imprisonments phylakē, in en riots akatastasia, in en labors kopos, in en times of sleeplessness agrypnia and hunger nēsteia; 6 by en purity hagnotēs, by en knowledge gnōsis, by en patience makrothumia, by en kindness chrēstotēs, by en the Holy hagios Spirit pneuma, by en sincere anypokritos love agapē; 7 by en the word logos of truth alētheia, by en the power dynamis of God theos; with dia the ho weapons hoplon of ho righteousness dikaiosynē both for the ho right dexios hand and kai for the left aristeros; 8 through dia glory doxa and kai dishonor atimia, through dia slander dysphēmia and kai praise euphēmia; as hōs deceivers planos, and kai yet true alēthēs men ; 9 as hōs unknown agnoeō, and kai yet well-known epiginōskō; as hōs dying apothnēskō, and kai yet — look idou!— we continue to live zaō; as hōs scourged paideuō, and kai yet not mē killed thanatoō; 10 as hōs sorrowing lypeō, yet de always aei rejoicing chairō; as hōs poor ptōchos, yet de making many polys rich ploutizō; as hōs having echō nothing mēdeis, and kai yet possessing katechō everything pas. 11 We have opened anoigō · ho our hēmeis mouth stoma freely to pros you hymeis, Corinthians Korinthios; · ho our hēmeis heart kardia has been opened wide platynō. 12 We are not ou withholding stenochōreō our hēmeis affection splanchnon from you , but de you are withholding stenochōreō yours hymeis from us. · ho 13 · ho Now de as a fair autos exchange antimisthia— I speak legō as hōs to children teknon— open wide platynō your hymeis hearts to us also kai.
14 Do not mē be ginomai unevenly yoked heterozygeō with unbelievers apistos; for gar what tis is there in common metochē between righteousness dikaiosynē and kai lawlessness anomia? Or ē what tis fellowship koinōnia has light phōs with pros darkness skotos? 15 What tis · de harmony symphōnēsis is there between pros Christ Christos and Belial Beliar? Or ē what tis does a believer pistos have in common meris with meta an unbeliever apistos? 16 What tis · de agreement synkatathesis can the temple naos of God theos have with meta idols eidōlon? For gar we hēmeis are eimi the temple naos of the living zaō God theos; just as kathōs God theos said legō: · ho “ I will dwell enoikeō in en their autos midst and kai walk emperipateō among them; · kai I will be eimi their autos God theos and kai they autos will be eimi my egō people laos.” 17 Therefore dio, “ come out exerchomai from ek their autos midst mesos and kai be separate aphorizō,” says legō the Lord kyrios, and kai “ touch haptō no mē unclean akathartos thing ; then I kagō will receive eisdechomai you hymeis, 18 and kai I will be eimi a father patēr to you hymeis, and kai you hymeis will be eimi sons hyios and kai daughters thugatēr to me egō,” says legō the Lord kyrios Almighty pantokratōr.
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