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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Corinthians 6</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_corinthians/6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//2_corinthians/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/2_corinthians/">2 Corinthians</a> > 2 Corinthians 6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_corinthians/5.htm" title="2 Corinthians 5">◄</a> 2 Corinthians 6 <a href="../2_corinthians/7.htm" title="2 Corinthians 7">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/2_corinthians/6.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/2_corinthians/6.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/2_corinthians/6.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/6.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/2_corinthians/6.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/6.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/6.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Paul’s Hardships and God’s Grace<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>As God’s fellow workers,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For He says: <p class="indent1stline">“In the time of favor I heard you, <p class="indent2"> and in the day of salvation I helped you.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="reg"> Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation! <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>as 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 ask you as 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><span class="thin"> </span><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 GOC; many Greek sources <i>Beliar</i><span class="thin"> </span><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">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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