2 Corinthians 6 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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6 And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain— ² for He says,

Behold, now is “the acceptable time,” behold, now is “the day of salvation”— ³ giving no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited, ⁴ but in everything commending ourselves as ^[a]servants of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses, ⁵ in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger, ⁶ in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love, ⁷ in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left, ⁸ by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; regarded as deceivers and yet true; ⁹ as unknown ^[b]yet well-known, as dying ^[c]yet behold, we live; as ^[d]punished ^[e]yet not put to death, ¹⁰ as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing ^[f]yet possessing all things.

¹¹ Our mouth ^[g]has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our heart is opened wide. ¹² You are not restrained ^[h]by us, but you are restrained in your own ^[i]affections. ¹³ Now in a like exchange—I speak as to children—open wide to us also.

¹⁴ Do not be ^[j]bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? ¹⁵ Or what harmony has Christ with ^[k]Belial, or ^[l]what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? ¹⁶ Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said,