2 Corinthians 6:14-18
International Standard Version
Relating with Unbelievers
14 Stop becoming[a] unevenly yoked with unbelievers. What partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? What fellowship can light have with darkness? 15 What harmony exists between the Messiah[b] and Beliar,[c] or what do a believer and an unbeliever have in common? 16 What agreement can a temple of God make with idols? For we[d] are the temple of the living God, just as God said:
“I will live and walk among them.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.”[e]
17 Therefore,
“Get away from them
and separate yourselves from them,”
declares the Lord,[f]
“and don’t touch anything unclean.
Then I will welcome you.
18 I will be your Father,
and you will be my sons and daughters,”
declares the Lord[g] Almighty.[h]
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 6:14 Or Don’t become
- 2 Corinthians 6:15 Or Christ
- 2 Corinthians 6:15 I.e. the devil
- 2 Corinthians 6:16 Other mss. read you (pl.)
- 2 Corinthians 6:16 Lev 26:12; Ezek 37:27
- 2 Corinthians 6:17 MT source citation reads Lord
- 2 Corinthians 6:18 MT source citation reads Lord
- 2 Corinthians 6:18 Isa 52:11; Ezek 20:34, 41; 2 Sam 7:8, 14
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