2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1

New International Reader's Version

Paul Warns Against Worshiping False Gods

¹⁴Do not be joined to unbelievers. What do right and wrong have in common? Can light and darkness be friends? ¹⁵How can Christ and Satan agree? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? ¹⁶How can the temple of the true God and the statues of other gods agree? We are the temple of the living God. God has said,

“I will live with them.
I will walk among them.
I will be their God.
And they will be my people.” (Leviticus 26:12; Jeremiah 32:38; Ezekiel 37:27)

¹⁷So,

“Come out from among them
    and be separate,
    says the Lord.
Do not touch anything that is not pure and ‘clean.’
    Then I will receive you.” (Isaiah 52:11; Ezekiel 20:34,41)

¹⁸And,

“I will be your Father.
You will be my sons and daughters,
says the Lord who rules over all.” (2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8)

7 Dear friends, we have these promises from God. So let us make ourselves pure from everything that makes our bodies and spirits impure. Let us be completely holy. We want to honor God.