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1 Working together,
we entreat also
that you do
not receive the
grace of God
in vain.
2 For
he says,
“At an acceptable
time I listened
to you.
In a day
of salvation
I helped you.”
Behold, now is
the acceptable
time. Behold, now
is the day
of salvation.
3 We
give no occasion
of stumbling in
anything, that our
service may not
be blamed,
4 but
in everything
commending ourselves
as servants of
God: in great
endurance, in
afflictions, in hardships,
in distresses,
5 in
beatings, in
imprisonments, in riots,
in labors,
in watchings, in
fastings,
6 in pureness,
in knowledge, in
perseverance, in
kindness, in the
Holy Spirit,
in sincere love,
7 in
the word of truth,
in the power
of God, by
the armor of
righteousness on
the right hand
and on the left,
8 by
glory and dishonor,
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 punished
and not killed,
10 as
sorrowful yet
always rejoicing,
as poor yet
making many rich,
as having nothing
and yet possessing
all things.
11 Our
mouth is open
to you,
Corinthians. Our
heart is enlarged.
12 You
are not restricted
by us, but
you are restricted
by your own
affections.
13 Now
in return—I speak
as to my
children—you also
open your hearts.
14 Don’t
be unequally yoked with unbelievers,
for what
fellowship do
righteousness and iniquity
have? Or what
fellowship does
light have with
darkness?
15 What
agreement does
Christ have
with Belial? Or
what portion does
a believer have
with an unbeliever?
16 What
agreement does a
temple of God
have with idols?
For you are
a temple of
the living God.
Even as God
said, “I will
dwell in them
and walk in
them. I will
be their God
and they will
be my people.”
17 Therefore
“ ‘Come out from
among them,
and be separate,’
says the Lord.
‘Touch no unclean thing.
I will receive
you.
18 I
will be to
you a Father.
You will be
to me sons
and daughters,’
says the Lord
Almighty.”