2 Corinthians 6
Common English Bible
6 1 Since we work together with him, we are also begging you not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2 He says, I listened to you at the right time, and I helped you on the day of salvation.[a] Look, now is the right time! Look, now is the day of salvation!
3 We don’t give anyone any reason to be offended about anything so that our ministry won’t be criticized. 4 Instead, we commend ourselves as ministers of God in every way. We did this with our great endurance through problems, disasters, and stressful situations. 5 We went through beatings, imprisonments, and riots. We experienced hard work, sleepless nights, and hunger. 6 We displayed purity, knowledge, patience, and generosity. We served with the Holy Spirit, genuine love, 7 telling the truth, and God’s power. We carried the weapons of righteousness in our right hand and our left hand. 8 We were treated with honor and dishonor and with verbal abuse and good evaluation. We were seen as both fake and real, 9 as unknown and well known, as dying—and look, we are alive! We were seen as punished but not killed, 10 as going through pain but always happy, as poor but making many rich, and as having nothing but owning everything.
Call to relationship and holiness
11 Corinthians, we have spoken openly to you, and our hearts are wide open. 12 There are no limits to the affection that we feel for you. You are the ones who placed boundaries on your affection for us. 13 But as a fair trade—I’m talking to you like you are children—open your hearts wide too.
14 Don’t be tied up as equal partners with people who don’t believe. What does righteousness share with that which is outside the Law? What relationship does light have with darkness? 15 What harmony does Christ have with Satan?[b] What does a believer have in common with someone who doesn’t believe? 16 What agreement can there be between God’s temple and idols? Because we are the temple of the living God. Just as God said, I live with them, and I will move among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.[c] 17 Therefore, come out from among them and be separated, says the Lord. Don’t touch what is unclean. Then I will welcome you.[d] 18 I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.[e]
2 Corinthians 6
Amplified Bible
Their Ministry Commended
6 Working together with Him, we strongly urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain [by turning away from sound doctrine and His merciful kindness]. 2 For He says,
“At the acceptable time (the time of grace) I listened to you,
And I helped you on the day of salvation.”
Behold, now is “the acceptable time,” behold, now is “the day of salvation”—(A)
3 we put no obstruction in anyone’s path, so that the ministry will not be discredited, 4 but we commend ourselves in every way as servants of God: in great endurance, in sufferings, in hardships, in distresses, 5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in sleepless nights, in hunger, 6 in purity and sincerity, in knowledge and spiritual insight, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love, 7 in [speaking] the word of truth, in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand [like holding the sword to attack] and for the left [like holding the shield to defend], 8 amid glory and dishonor; by evil report and good report; branded as deceivers and yet [vindicated as] truthful; 9 as unknown [to the world], yet well-known [by God and His people]; as dying, yet we live; as punished, yet not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet bestowing riches on many; as having nothing, yet possessing all things.
11 We are speaking freely to you, Corinthians [we are keeping nothing back], and our heart is opened wide.(B) 12 There is no limit to our affection for you, but you are limited in your own affection [for us]. 13 Now in the same way as a fair exchange [for our love toward you]—I am speaking as [I would] to children—open wide [your hearts] to us also.
14 Do not be unequally bound together with unbelievers [do not make mismatched alliances with them, inconsistent with your faith]. For what partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15 What harmony can there be between Christ and Belial (Satan)? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said:
“I will dwell among them and walk among them;
And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.(C)
17
“So come out from among unbelievers and be separate,” says the Lord,
“And do not touch what is unclean;
And I will graciously receive you and welcome you [with favor],(D)
18
And I will be a Father to you,
And you will be My sons and daughters,”
Says the Lord Almighty.(E)
2 Corinto 6
Ang Pulong Sang Dios
6 Tungod nga kami mga kabulig sa ginahimo sang Dios, nagapangabay gid kami sa inyo nga indi ninyo pag-ibaliwala ang bugay nga inyo nabaton sa iya. 2 Kay siling sang Dios,
Gani pamati kamo! Karon gid ang husto nga tion nga luwason kita sang Dios.
3 Wala kami nagahimo sang bisan ano nga mangin kabangdanan nga maglain ang buot sang mga tawo, agod indi pagpakalainon ang amon pag-alagad sa Dios. 4 Sa tanan namon nga ginahimo, ginapakita namon nga kami mga alagad gid sang Dios. Bisan masyado kabudlay ang amon mga gin-agihan kag ang amon kahimtangan, gin-antos gid namon. 5 Nakaagi kami hanot kag priso. Naagihan man namon nga ginpulihan kami sang mga tawo. Kon kaisa tudo-tudo gid ang amon pagpangabudlay, kag kon kaisa wala kami sing tulog-tulog kag wala kaon-kaon. 6 Ginpakita man namon sa mga tawo nga matuod kami nga mga alagad sang Dios paagi sa amon matinlo nga kabuhi kag paagi sa amon kaalam. Nangin mainantuson kami sa tanan nga butang kag malulo sa amon isigkatawo. Nahibaluan man sang mga tawo nga ang Espiritu Santo amo ang nagatuytoy sa amon, kag ang amon paghigugma sa amon isigkatawo halin gid sa amon tagipusuon. 7 Wala kami sang iban nga ginawali kundi ang kamatuoran, kag ginabuligan kami sang Dios paagi sa iya gahom. Ang amon kabuhi nga matarong amo ang amon armas sa pag-ataki sa amon kaaway kag amo man ang amon sagang sa amon kaugalingon. 8 Bilang mga alagad sang Dios, kon kaisa ginadayaw kami sang mga tawo kag kon kaisa ginainsultuhan man kami. May mga tawo nga nagahambal sing malain parte sa amon, pero may ara man nga nagahambal sing maayo. May nagasiling nga kami kuno mga butigon, pero ang tanan nga amon ginasugid matuod gid. 9 Wala kami ginasapak sang iban, pero ang matuod kilala kami sang tanan. Permi kami nabutang sa peligro sang kamatayon, pero buhi pa man kami hasta subong. Ginadisiplina kami sang Dios pero wala kami ginapatay. 10 May mga ginahimo sa amon agod mapasubo kami, pero malipayon man kami gihapon. Imol lang kami, pero madamo nga mga tawo ang amon ginapamanggaranon. Kon parte sa mga butang diri sa kalibutan, wala kami sing may masiling nga amon, pero ang matuod, kami ang tag-iya sang tanan nga butang.
11 Mga pinalangga nga mga taga-Corinto, wala sing lipod-lipod ang amon paghambal sa inyo, kay dako gid ang amon paghigugma sa inyo. 12 Wala kami nagkulang sang amon paghigugma sa inyo. Kamo amo ang nagkulang sang inyo paghigugma sa amon. 13 Ginakabig ko kamo bilang akon gid nga mga anak. Gani higugmaa ninyo ako pareho sang akon paghigugma sa inyo.
Indi Kamo Magpakighiusa sa mga Wala Nagatuo
14 Indi gid kamo magpakighiusa sa mga wala nagatuo kay Cristo. Kay subong nga ang kasanag indi makaupod sa kadulom, ang maayo indi man makaupod sa malain. 15 Kag subong nga si Cristo kag si Satanas indi maghangpanay, ang tumuluo kag ang indi tumuluo indi man maghangpanay. 16 Indi puwede nga ang mga dios-dios ara man sa templo sang Dios. Kag kita amo ang templo sang Dios nga buhi! Kay nagsiling ang Dios,
“Magapuyo ako kag magaupod sa ila.
Mangin Dios nila ako,
kag mangin katawhan ko sila.[d]
17 Gani, magguwa na kamo kag magbulag sa ila.[e]
Indi kamo magtandog sa mga ginakabig nga mahigko,[f]
kag batunon ko kamo.[g]
18 Kag ako mangin inyo Amay,
kag kamo mangin akon mga anak.
Ako, ang Ginoo nga Makagagahom, ang nagasiling sini.”[h]
Footnotes
- 6:2 Sa husto nga tion: ukon, Sa tion nga ipakita ko ang akon kaayo.
- 6:2 sabton kag buligan ko ikaw: ukon, ginsabat kag ginbuligan ko ikaw.
- 6:2 Isa. 49:8.
- 6:16 Lev. 26:12; Eze. 37:27.
- 6:17 sa ila: buot silingon, sa mga tawo nga wala nagatuo sa Dios.
- 6:17 Indi… mahigko: buot silingon, Indi kamo magpakigbahin sa mga ginahimo sang mga tawo nga mahigko sa panulok sang Dios.
- 6:17 Isa. 52:11.
- 6:18 2 Sam. 7:14; 1 Cro. 17:13.
2 Corinthians 6
King James Version
6 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
6 By pureness, by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.
12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
13 Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
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