2 Corinthians 6:14-18

Contemporary English Version

The Temple of the Living God

¹⁴Stay away from people who are not followers of the Lord! Can someone who is good get along with someone who is evil? Are light and darkness the same? ¹⁵Is Christ a friend of Satan?^[a] Can people who follow the Lord have anything in common with those who don't? ¹⁶^(A) Do idols belong in the temple of God? We are the temple of the living God, as God himself says,

“I will live with these people
and walk among them.
I will be their God,
and they will be
my people.”

¹⁷^(B) The Lord also says,

“Leave them and stay away!
Don't touch anything
    that isn't clean.
Then I will welcome you
¹⁸    ^(C) and be your Father.
You will be my sons
    and my daughters,
as surely as I am God,
    the All-Powerful.”

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Footnotes

6.15 Satan: The Greek text has “Beliar,” which is another form of the Hebrew word “Belial,” meaning “wicked” or “useless.” The Jewish people sometimes used this as a name for Satan.