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<A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities; <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger; <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>in purity, knowledge, patience, and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine; <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed; <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything. <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians. Our hearts are open wide. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>It is not our affection, but yours, that is restrained. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open wide your hearts also. <A name="15"></a><p class="hdg">Do Not Be Unequally Yoked<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>What harmony is there between Christ and Belial?<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: <p class="indent1stline">“I will dwell with them <p class="indent2"> and walk among them, <p class="indent1"> and I will be their God, <p class="indent2"> and they will be My people.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Therefore come out from among them <p class="indent2"> and be separate, says the Lord. <p class="indent1"> Touch no unclean thing, <p class="indent2"> and I will receive you.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And: <p class="indent1stline">“I will be a Father to you, <p class="indent2"> and you will be My sons and daughters, <p class="indent2"> says the Lord Almighty.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> </p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Literally <i>Now working together</i><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <a href="../isaiah/49.htm#8">Isaiah 49:8</a> (see also LXX)<br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Scrivener’s TR and PT; many Greek sources <i>Beliar</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <a href="../leviticus/26.htm#12">Leviticus 26:12</a>; <a href="../jeremiah/32.htm#38">Jeremiah 32:38</a>; <a href="../ezekiel/37.htm#27">Ezekiel 37:27</a><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <a href="../isaiah/52.htm#11">Isaiah 52:11</a>; see also <a href="../ezekiel/20.htm#34">Ezekiel 20:34</a>, including LXX.<br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> See <a href="../2_samuel/7.htm#14">2 Samuel 7:14</a>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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