2 Corinthiens 6

¹ And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain

² (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 giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed ;

⁴ but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

⁵ in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings ;

⁶ 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 ; 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 chastened, 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 unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.

¹² Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.

¹³ Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged.

¹⁴ Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers : for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity ? or what communion hath light with darkness ?

¹⁵ And what concord hath Christ with Belial ? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever ?

¹⁶ 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 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 will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.