2 Corinthians 6

Tree of Life Version

6 Since we are co-laboring, we also urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. ² For He says,

Behold, now is the favorable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation. ³ We give no cause for offense in anything, so that our ministry may not be blamed. ⁴ But as God’s servants, we are commending ourselves in every way—in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses, ⁵ in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleeplessness, in hunger; ⁶ in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Ruach ha-Kodesh, in genuine love, ⁷ in truthful speech, in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; ⁸ through honor and dishonor, through evil report and good report. We are regarded as deceivers and yet true; ⁹ as unknown and yet well-known; as dying, yet behold, we live; as disciplined yet not put to death; ^{[b] 10} as grieving yet always rejoicing; as poor yet enriching many; as having nothing yet possessing everything.

¹¹ We have spoken openly to you, O Corinthians; our heart is open wide! ¹² You are not restricted by us, yet you are restricted in your own feelings. ¹³ Now in return—I speak as to my children—open wide to us also.

Preserving Sanctity in God’s Living Temple

¹⁴ Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers.^[c] For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? ¹⁵ What harmony does Messiah have with Belial^[d]? Or what part does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? ¹⁶ What agreement does God’s Temple have with idols?^[e] For we are the temple of the living God—just as God said,