2 Corinthians 6:14-18

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Warning Against Idolatry

¹⁴Do not be yoked together^(A) with unbelievers.^(B) For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?^(C) ¹⁵What harmony is there between Christ and Belial^[a]?^(D) Or what does a believer^(E) have in common with an unbeliever?^(F) ¹⁶What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?^(G) For we are the temple^(H) of the living God.^(I) 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.”^[b]^(J)

¹⁷Therefore,

“Come out from them^(K)
and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
and I will receive you.”^[c]^(L)

¹⁸And,

“I will be a Father to you,
and you will be my sons and daughters,^(M)
says the Lord Almighty.”^[d]^(N)

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Footnotes

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

Ezekiel 36:24-29

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²⁴“‘For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.^(A) ²⁵I will sprinkle^(B) clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse^(C) you from all your impurities^(D) and from all your idols.^(E) ²⁶I will give you a new heart^(F) and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone^(G) and give you a heart of flesh.^(H) ²⁷And I will put my Spirit^(I) in you and move you to follow my decrees^(J) and be careful to keep my laws.^(K) ²⁸Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors; you will be my people,^(L) and I will be your God.^(M) ²⁹I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and make it plentiful and will not bring famine^(N) upon you.