15 What agreement does Christ have with Belial?[a] Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement does God’s sanctuary have with idols?(A) For we[b] are the sanctuary of the living God, as God said:

I will dwell among them(B)
and walk among them,
and I will be their God,(C)
and they will be My people.(D)[c]
17 Therefore, come out from among them
and be separate, says the Lord;
do not touch any unclean thing,
and I will welcome you.(E)[d]
18 I will be a Father(F) to you,
and you will be sons(G) and daughters to Me,
says the Lord Almighty.(H)[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:15 Or Beliar, a name for the Devil or antichrist in extra-biblical Jewish writings
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:16 Other mss read you
  3. 2 Corinthians 6:16 Lv 26:12; Jr 31:33; 32:38; Ezk 37:26
  4. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Is 52:11
  5. 2 Corinthians 6:18 2Sm 7:14; Is 43:6; 49:22; 60:4; Hs 1:10

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