2 Corinthians 6

1 Working together now also we exhort not in vain the grace of God to receive you;

And working together [with him] we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain

2 He says for: In a time acceptable I listened to you and in a day of salvation I helped you; Behold now [is the] time of favor, behold now [is the] day of salvation;

(for he saith, At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee, And in a day of salvation did I succor thee: behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation):

3 Nothing before no one placing an obstacle, so that not may be blemished the ministry,

giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed;

4 rather in everything we are commending ourselves as God’s servants in endurance great, in tribulations, in hardships, in distresses,

but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings,

in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

6 in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in [the] Spirit Holy, in love genuine,

in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,

7 in [the] word of truth, in [the] power of God, with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for [the] left,

in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

8 through glory and dishonor, through bad report and good report, as imposters and yet true,

by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and [yet] true;

9 as being unknown and yet being well-known, as dying and yet behold we live, as being disciplined and yet not being killed,

as unknown, and [yet] well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

10 as being sorrowful always yet rejoicing, as poor many yet enriching, as nothing having and yet all things possessing.

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.

11 The mouth of us has been opened to you, Corinthians, the heart of us has been expanded;

Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.

12 Not you are restrained by us, you are restrained however in the affections of you;

Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.

13 Now [as] the same recompense, as to children I speak, do open [yourselves] also you.

Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto [my] children), be ye also enlarged.

14 Not do become unequally yoked together with unbelievers; what for partnership [have] righteousness and lawlessness? (Or *N+kO) what fellowship light with darkness?

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

15 What now harmony [has] (Christ *N+kO) with Belial? Or what part [has] a believer with an unbeliever?

And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever?

16 What now agreement [the] temple of God with idols? (We ourselves *N+KO) for [the] temple of God (we are *N+KO) [the] living, even as has said God that I will dwell in them and will walk among [them], and I will be their God and they themselves will be (to Me *N+kO) a people.

And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

17 Therefore do come out from [the] midst of them and do be separate, says [the] Lord, and unclean nothing do touch; and I myself and I myself will receive you,

Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,

18 and I will be to you for a father and you yourselves will be to Me for sons and daughters, says [the] Lord Almighty.

And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.