2 Corinthians 6
English Standard Version
6 (A)Working together with him, then, (B)we appeal to you (C)not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2 For he says,
(D)“In a favorable time I listened to you,
and in a day of salvation I have helped you.”
Behold, (E)now is the (F)favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. 3 We (G)put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, 4 but (H)as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: (I)by great endurance, (J)in afflictions, (K)hardships, calamities, 5 (L)beatings, imprisonments, (M)riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; 6 (N)by purity, (O)knowledge, patience, kindness, (P)the Holy Spirit, (Q)genuine love; 7 by (R)truthful speech, and (S)the power of God; with (T)the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; 8 through honor and dishonor, (U)through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; 9 as unknown, and (V)yet well known; (W)as dying, and behold, we live; (X)as punished, and yet not killed; 10 (Y)as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; (Z)as poor, yet making many rich; (AA)as having nothing, (AB)yet possessing everything.
11 We have spoken freely to you,[a] Corinthians; (AC)our heart is wide open. 12 You are not restricted by us, but (AD)you are restricted in your own affections. 13 (AE)In return (I speak (AF)as to children) widen your hearts also.
The Temple of the Living God
14 (AG)Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For (AH)what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or (AI)what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 (AJ)What accord has Christ with Belial?[b] Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For (AK)we are the temple of the living God; as God said,
(AL)“I will make my dwelling among them and (AM)walk among them,
and (AN)I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
17 Therefore (AO)go out from their midst,
and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
then I will welcome you,
18 (AP)and I will be a father to you,
and you shall be sons and daughters to me,
says the Lord Almighty.”
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 6:11 Greek Our mouth is open to you
- 2 Corinthians 6:15 Greek Beliar
哥林多后书 6
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
6 我们做为神的[a]同工，也恳求你们：不可白受神的恩典。 2 因为他说：
“在悦纳的时候，我垂听了你；
在拯救的日子，我帮助了你。”[b]
看哪！现在就是悦纳的时候；看哪！现在就是拯救的日子。
服事的特性
3 我们不在任何事上给任何人跌倒的借口，免得这服事的工作被人挑剔； 4 反而在一切事上都证明自己是神的仆人[c]：
在极大的忍耐中，在各种患难、艰难、困苦中，
5 在鞭打、监禁、混乱中，
在劳苦、失眠、饥饿中，
6 在纯洁、知识、耐心、仁慈中，
藉着圣灵，在不虚假的爱中，
7 在真理的话语中，在神的大能中，
藉着右手左手的公义兵器，
8 藉着荣耀和羞辱，藉着坏名声和好名声；
像是迷惑人的，却是真诚的；
9 像是人所不知的，却是人所共知的；
像是快要死的，可是看哪，我们是活着的；
像是受惩罚的，却是不被治死；
10 像是忧伤的，却总是快乐；
像是贫穷的，却使许多人富足；
像是一无所有，却是样样都有。
11 哥林多人哪，我们对你们，口是坦率的，心是敞开的。 12 你们并不是被我们压制了，而是被自己的情感压制了。 13 所以你们要同样回报我们——我如同对儿女说——你们也当敞开！
分别为圣
14 你们不可与不信的人同负一轭。公义和罪恶[d]到底有什么相通呢？光明与黑暗有什么相合呢？ 15 基督与彼列[e]有什么相融呢？信的与不信的有什么关系呢？ 16 神的圣所与偶像有什么相同呢？要知道，我们[f]是永生神的圣所，正如神所说：
“我将要在他们中间居住，在他们中间往来；
我将要做他们的神，他们将要做我的子民。”[g]
17 “所以主说：
你们要从他们中间出来，
要被分别出来；
不要碰不洁净的东西，
我就接纳你们”[h]，
18 “我将要做你们的父亲，
你们将要做我的儿女。
这是主、全能者说的。”[i]
Footnotes
- 哥林多后书 6:1 神的——辅助词语。
- 哥林多后书 6:2 《以赛亚书》49:8。
- 哥林多后书 6:4 仆人——或译作“执事”。
- 哥林多后书 6:14 罪恶——原文直译“不法”。
- 哥林多后书 6:15 彼列——指“撒旦”；是魔鬼撒旦的别名。
- 哥林多后书 6:16 我们——有古抄本作“你们”。
- 哥林多后书 6:16 《利未记》26:12；《耶利米书》31:33；32:38；《以西结书》37:27。
- 哥林多后书 6:17 《以赛亚书》52:11。
- 哥林多后书 6:18 《撒母耳记下》7:14。
2 Corinthians 6
The Voice
These simple verses capture the heart of the good news. Lowering Himself, the sinless Jesus took our sin upon Himself and canceled its power through His death and resurrection. As believers are united with Him, they are raised up with Him and embody God’s righteousness, experiencing forgiveness, reconciliation, and new life. This righteousness is a new creation gift that can never be separated from the Giver, and so believers only experience it because they are “in Him.”
6 As for those of us working as His emissaries,[a] we beg you not to take the grace of God lightly. 2 For God says through Isaiah,
When the time was right, I listened to you;
and that day you were delivered, I was your help.[b]
Look, now the time is right! See, your day of deliverance is here! 3 We are careful in what we teach so that our words won’t be a stumbling block and so that no one will discredit our ministry. 4 But as God’s servants, we commend ourselves in every situation. So that with great endurance we persevere even in anguish and hardship. We have been cornered by the enemy 5 suffering beatings, imprisonments, uproars, toil, sleeplessness, and starvation. 6 And by the Holy Spirit with purity, understanding, patience, kindness, and sincerest love we have proved ourselves. 7 Now with the voice of truth and power of God—armed on the right and armed on the left with righteousness from God—we continue. 8 Whether respected or loathed, praised or criticized as frauds, yet true, 9 as unknown to this world, and yet well known to God, we serve Him. We are treated as dying and yet we live, as punished and yet we are not executed. 10 Though we are sorrowful, we continually rejoice. As the poorest of the poor, we bring richness to all, and though we have nothing, we possess all things.
11 Corinthians, we have been completely open to you. We’ve exposed the truth, holding nothing back while our hearts open wide to take you in. 12 We have revealed our affection toward you—though it’s obvious you have a hard time showing your affection toward us. 13 If I could offer some fatherly advice: open yourselves up as children; share your hearts with us as we have done for you.
14 Don’t develop partnerships with those who are not followers of Jesus’ teachings. For what real connection can exist between righteousness and rebellion? How can light participate in darkness? 15 What harmony can exist between the Anointed and Satan?[c] Do the faithful and the faithless have anything in common? 16 Can the temple of God find common ground with idols? Don’t you see that we house the temple of the living God within us? Remember when He said,
“I will make My home with them and walk among them.
I will be their God,
and they will be My people.[d]
17 So then turn away from them,
turn away and leave without looking back,”[e] says the Lord.
“Stay away from anything unclean, anything impure,
and I will welcome you.[f]
18 And I will be for you as a father,
and you will be for Me as sons and daughters,”[g]
Says the Lord Almighty!
Footnotes
- 6:1 Literally, apostles
- 6:2 Isaiah 49:8
- 6:15 Literally, Belial
- 6:16 Leviticus 26:12; Ezekiel 37:27
- 6:17 Isaiah 52:11
- 6:17 Ezekiel 20:34, 41
- 6:18 2 Samuel 7:14
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