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Quˈn tuˈn nqo aqˈniˈn junx tukˈa Dios toj taqˈin, nqo kubˈsin qwutza kyeˈy, tuˈn mi tzˈele kyikyˈinjiˈy t‑xtalbˈil, a ma tzaj tqˈoˈn kyeˈy. Quˈn ikyx ntqˈmaˈn Dios toj Tuˈjil Tyol kyjaluˈn:

Tojjo tqˈijil kynimbˈila, ma nbˈiˈy kyyola,
ex tojjo tqˈijil kolbˈil, ma chin oniˈn kyiˈja, chiˈ.

Me kxel nqˈmaˈn kyeˈy, atzin tqˈijiljo jaˈlin tuˈn kynimiˈn; ex atzin qˈijjo jaˈlin te kolbˈil.

Ajo ikyˈx tuˈn Pabl tuˈn tpajjo Tbˈanil Tqanil

Mi nkubˈ qbˈinchiˈn jun tiˈ toj qchwinqila tuˈn mi jaw tolpaj jun aˈla toj tnimbˈil, tuˈntzin mi chi yolbˈinxjal tiˈj qaqˈnbˈiˈn. Qalaˈ, qaja tuˈn tkubˈ qyekˈiˈn toj tkyaqil, qa jun bˈaˈn aqˈnilqoˈy te Dios, quˈn noqx paˈn tkyaqil wiq yajbˈil quˈn; ex atku maj ntiˈx chˈin at qey, ex atku maj nim bˈis ntzaj toj qchwinqila; atku maj nqo bˈaj laqtziˈn, ex o qo kux jpuˈn toj tze, ex ikyˈx quˈn, tej tjaw tiljxjal qiˈja. Ex atku maj nqo aqˈniˈn kujxix wen, ex mixpe o ktaniˈy, ex o tzikyˈx waˈyaj quˈn. Me tojjo lo, nkubˈ qbˈinchiˈn tkyaqil tukˈa jun qanmiˈn saqxix, ex tukˈa nim qnabˈla tiˈjjo twutzxix, ex ikyxjo tukˈa jun qanmiˈn tuˈn qxi laqˈeˈy toj qnimbˈila, ex tuˈn qbˈinchiˈn bˈaˈn kywutz kykyaqil, tuˈn Xewbˈaj Xjan toj qanmiˈn, ex tuˈn tqˈaqˈbˈil qkˈuˈja twutzxix. Ex nkubˈ qyekˈiˈn qa jun bˈaˈn aqˈnilqoˈy tiˈjjo Tbˈanil Tqanil, a twutzxix, a xi qqˈmaˈn, ex tuˈn tipin Dios qukˈiˈy, ex tuˈn qoka tzeˈnku jun xoˈl qˈaqˈ tukˈa taqˈwil qqˈobˈa, tuˈn qbˈinchin te qibˈa twutz il, jaˈchaqx tzajitz. Atku maj nqo kubˈ nimiˈn, ex atku maj mina. Atku maj nyolajtz bˈaˈn qiˈja, ex atku mina. Exla qa nqo yoliˈn Tyol Dios jikyin wen, me atku maj n‑ok qˈmaˈn qa sbˈulqoˈy. Exla qa nya ojtzqiˈnqoˈy kyuˈnxjal, me mete Dios, ojtzqiˈnqoxixa tuˈn; ex atku maj n‑elje qiˈja tuˈn qkyima, me loqoˈy itzˈqo tzmax tzaluˈn. Ex nqo bˈiylajtza, me nya ma qo kubˈ bˈyoˈn. 10 Nyakuj tzunx nqo bˈisiˈn, me mina; qalaˈ tzunx nqo tzalaja. Nyakuj ntiˈx chˈin at qeˈy, me ma chi qˈinimixxjal quˈn tukˈa Tyol Dios. Nyakuj manyor tal yajqoxa wen, me mina, quˈn tkyaqil at qeˈy tuˈn Crist, a tAjaw Tkyaqil.

11 Ayiˈy werman aj Corint, ma qo yoliˈn kyukˈiy tukˈa tkyaqil qanmiˈn, quˈn nimxix tqˈaqˈbˈil qkˈuˈja kyiˈja. 12 Twutzxix teˈ qa at nim qkˈuˈja kyiˈja, me ayetzin kyeˈ, ntiˈ kykˈuˈja qiˈja. 13 Nimxix tqˈaqˈbˈil nkˈuˈja kyiˈja tzeˈnku jun manbˈaj kyiˈj tkˈwal. Tuˈnpetziˈn, nchin kubˈsin nwutza kyeˈy, tuˈntzintla kykˈuˈjliˈn wiˈja, tzeˈnku weˈ at nkˈuˈja kyiˈja.

Ma qo ok te tja Dios itzˈ

14 Mi tzˈok kymujbˈin kyibˈa junx kyukˈa xjal nya nimil. Quˈn ¿Tzeˈntzin tten tuˈn tmujbˈinte tibˈjo bˈaˈn tukˈa nya bˈaˈn? Ex a spikyˈin, ¿Ma akutzin bˈant tmujbˈit tukˈa qxopin? 15 ¿Ma akutzin tzˈel wen Crist tukˈa tajaw il? ¿Ex tzeˈntzin tten tuˈn tel wen jun nimil tukˈa jun nya nimil? 16 ¿Ma junxsin tten tja Dios tukˈa jun twutzbˈiyil? Quˈn ayetzin kyeˈ ma chi oka te tja Dios itzˈxix, tzeˈnkuxjo tqˈma Dios toj Tyol:

Kchin tenbˈila kyukˈiy, ex kchin bˈetila kyxola.
Ex ayiˈn kchin okil te kyDiosa,
ex ayetzin kyeˈ, kchi okil te Ntanima, chiˈ.
17 Tuˈnpetziˈn, ku kyetza kyxol nya nimil,
ex kypaˈmil kyibˈa kyiˈj, chi qAjaw.
Mi chi bˈinchiˈn il, ex ok kchi kˈmetila wuˈn.
18 Ex ayiˈn kchin okil te kyTatiˈy,
ex ayetzin kyeˈ kchi okil te nkˈwala, chitziˈn tAjaw Tkyaqil.

As God’s partners, we beg you not to toss aside this marvelous message of God’s great kindness. For God says, “Your cry came to me at a favorable time, when the doors of welcome were wide open. I helped you on a day when salvation was being offered.” Right now God is ready to welcome you. Today he is ready to save you.

We try to live in such a way that no one will ever be offended or kept back from finding the Lord by the way we act, so that no one can find fault with us and blame it on the Lord. In fact, in everything we do we try to show that we are true ministers of God.

We patiently endure suffering and hardship and trouble of every kind. We have been beaten, put in jail, faced angry mobs, worked to exhaustion, stayed awake through sleepless nights of watching, and gone without food. We have proved ourselves to be what we claim by our wholesome lives and by our understanding of the Gospel and by our patience. We have been kind and truly loving and filled with the Holy Spirit. We have been truthful, with God’s power helping us in all we do. All of the godly man’s arsenal—weapons of defense, and weapons of attack—have been ours.

We stand true to the Lord whether others honor us or despise us, whether they criticize us or commend us. We are honest, but they call us liars.

The world ignores us, but we are known to God; we live close to death, but here we are, still very much alive. We have been injured but kept from death. 10 Our hearts ache, but at the same time we have the joy of the Lord. We are poor, but we give rich spiritual gifts to others. We own nothing, and yet we enjoy everything.

11 Oh, my dear Corinthian friends! I have told you all my feelings; I love you with all my heart. 12 Any coldness still between us is not because of any lack of love on my part but because your love is too small and does not reach out to me and draw me in. 13 I am talking to you now as if you truly were my very own children. Open your hearts to us! Return our love!

14 Don’t be teamed with those who do not love the Lord, for what do the people of God have in common with the people of sin? How can light live with darkness? 15 And what harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? How can a Christian be a partner with one who doesn’t believe? 16 And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For you are God’s temple, the home of the living God, and God has said of you, “I will live in them and walk among them, and I will be their God and they shall be my people.” 17 That is why the Lord has said, “Leave them; separate yourselves from them; don’t touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you 18 and be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters.”

Marks of the Ministry

We then, as (A)workers together with Him also (B)plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For He says:

(C)“In an acceptable time I have heard you,
And in the day of salvation I have helped you.”

Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

(D)We give no offense in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed. But in all things we commend ourselves (E)as ministers of God: in much [a]patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses, (F)in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings; by purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by [b]sincere love, (G)by the word of truth, by (H)the power of God, by (I)the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and (J)yet well known; (K)as dying, and behold we live; (L)as chastened, and yet not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many (M)rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Be Holy

11 O Corinthians! [c]We have spoken openly to you, (N)our heart is wide open. 12 You are not restricted by us, but (O)you are restricted by your own affections. 13 Now in return for the same (P)(I speak as to children), you also be open.

14 (Q)Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For (R)what [d]fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what [e]communion has light with darkness? 15 And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For (S)you[f] are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

(T)“I will dwell in them
And walk among them.
I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.”

17 Therefore

(U)“Come out from among them
And be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean,
And I will receive you.”
18 “I (V)will be a Father to you,
And you shall be My (W)sons and daughters,
Says the Lord Almighty.”

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:4 endurance
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:6 Lit. unhypocritical
  3. 2 Corinthians 6:11 Lit. Our mouth is open
  4. 2 Corinthians 6:14 in common
  5. 2 Corinthians 6:14 fellowship
  6. 2 Corinthians 6:16 NU we