2 Corinthians 6
6
1#1Co 3:9; Heb 12:15As workers together with God, we ask you not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2#Isa 49:8; Lk 4:19For He says:
“In an acceptable time I have listened to you,
and in the day of salvation I have helped you.”#Isa 49:8.
Look, now is the accepted time; look, now is the day of salvation.
3#1Co 9:12; Ro 14:13We give no offense in anything, that our service may not be blamed. 4#1Co 3:5; 2Co 3:6But in all things we commend ourselves as servants of God: in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distress, 5#2Co 11:23–25; Ac 17:5in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, and in hunger; 6#Ro 12:9; 2Co 11:6by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by genuine love, 7#2Co 4:2; Eph 1:13by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, 8#Mt 27:63; Ro 3:8by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; 9#Ro 8:36; 1Co 4:9as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and look, we live; as punished, but not killed; 10#Jn 16:22; 2Co 8:9as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; and as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
11#Ps 119:32; 2Co 12:15O Corinthians, we have spoken frankly to you; our heart is opened wide. 12You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections. 13In return (I speak as to my children) you also be open.
The Temple of the Living God
14#1Co 5:9; 7:39Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? What communion has light with darkness? 15What agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what part has he who believes with an unbeliever? 16#Lev 26:12; Ex 29:45What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said:
“I will live in them
and walk in them.
I will be their God,
and they shall be My people.”#Lev 26:12; Jer 32:38; Eze 37:27.
17#Isa 52:11; Rev 18:4Therefore,
“Come out from among them
and be separate,
says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean,
and I will receive you.”#Jer 9:24.
18#Isa 43:6; Jer 31:9 “I will be a Father to you,
and you shall be My sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.”#2Sa 7:14.
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2 Corinthians 6
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1Working together # Or As we work together with Him, we also appeal to you, “Don’t receive God’s grace in vain.” 2For He says:
I heard you in an acceptable time,
and I helped you in the day of salvation. # Is 49:8 # Is 49:8
Look, now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation. # Is 49:8; 55:6; Lk 4:19; Heb 3:13
The Character of Paul’s Ministry
3We give no opportunity for stumbling to anyone, so that the ministry will not be blamed. 4But as God’s ministers, we commend ourselves in everything:
by great endurance, by afflictions,
by hardship, by difficulties,
5by beatings, by imprisonments, # Jdg 16:21
by riots, by labors,
by sleepless nights, by times of hunger,
6by purity, # 2Co 11:3 by knowledge, # Php 3:8; 1Jn 4:8
by patience, # Ex 34:6; 2Tm 3:10 by kindness, # Rm 2:4; 3:12; 11:22; Gl 5:22; Eph 2:7; Col 3:12; Ti 3:4
by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love, # 1Co 13:1
7by the message of truth, # 2Th 2:10
by the power of God; # Mk 5:30; Lk 1:35; 6:19; Ac 19:11; 2Co 13:4; Rv 11:17
through weapons of righteousness
on the right hand and the left,
8through glory # 1Pt 5:4 and dishonor,
through slander and good report;
as deceivers yet true;
9as unknown yet recognized;
as dying and look — we live;
as being disciplined yet not killed;
10as grieving yet always rejoicing; # Mt 5:4; Jn 16:22; 2Co 7:4; Php 1:4,25; 2:17-18; 3:1; 4:1,4; Col 1:24; 1Th 1:6; 1Pt 1:6-8
as poor yet enriching many;
as having nothing yet possessing everything.
11We have spoken openly # Lit Our mouths have been open to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide. 12You are not limited by us, but you are limited by your own affections. 13I speak as to my children. As a proper response, you should also be open to us.
Separation to God
14Do not be mismatched with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? # Mt 13:41 Or what fellowship does light # Jn 12:46 have with darkness? # Mt 6:23 15What agreement does Christ have with Belial? # Or Beliar, a name for the Devil or antichrist in extra-biblical Jewish writings Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16And what agreement does God’s sanctuary have with idols? # Gn 31:19; 1Co 8:4 For we # Other mss read you are the sanctuary of the living God, as God said:
I will dwell among them # Jms 4:5
and walk among them,
and I will be their God, # Heb 3:6
and they will be My people. # Lv 26:12 # Lv 26:12; Jr 31:33; 32:38; Ezk 37:26
17Therefore, come out from among them
and be separate, says the Lord;
do not touch any unclean thing,
and I will welcome you. # Is 52:11 # Is 52:11
18I will be a Father # Mt 5:16; 11:27; Lk 11:13; Jn 8:42; Eph 5:20 to you,
and you will be sons # Mt 5:9 and daughters to Me,
says the Lord Almighty. # 2Sm 7:14; Rv 1:8 # 2Sm 7:14; Is 43:6; 49:22; 60:4; Hs 1:10
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