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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 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../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="../topmenuchap/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="../">NLT</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 class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/2_corinthians/6.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>As God’s partners,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God’s kindness and then ignore it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For God says,</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“At just the right time, I heard you.</p><p class="line2">On the day of salvation, I helped you.”<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="m">Indeed, the “right time” is now. Today is the day of salvation.</p><p class="hdg">Paul’s Hardships</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>We live in such a way that no one will stumble because of us, and no one will find fault with our ministry. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>In everything we do, we show that we are true ministers of God. We patiently endure troubles and hardships and calamities of every kind. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>We have been beaten, been put in prison, faced angry mobs, worked to exhaustion, endured sleepless nights, and gone without food. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>We prove ourselves by our purity, our understanding, our patience, our kindness, by the Holy Spirit within us,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> and by our sincere love. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>We faithfully preach the truth. God’s power is working in us. We use the weapons of righteousness in the right hand for attack and the left hand for defense. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>We serve God whether people honor us or despise us, whether they slander us or praise us. We are honest, but they call us impostors. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>We are ignored, even though we are well known. We live close to death, but we are still alive. We have been beaten, but we have not been killed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, and yet we have everything.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Oh, dear Corinthian friends! We have spoken honestly with you, and our hearts are open to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>There is no lack of love on our part, but you have withheld your love from us. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I am asking you to respond as if you were my own children. Open your hearts to us!</p><p class="hdg">The Temple of the Living God</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a>? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said:</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“I will live in them</p><p class="line2">and walk among them.</p><p class="line1">I will be their God,</p><p class="line2">and they will be my people.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore, come out from among unbelievers,</p><p class="line2">and separate yourselves from them, says the LORD.</p><p class="line1">Don’t touch their filthy things,</p><p class="line2">and I will welcome you.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And I will be your Father,</p><p class="line2">and you will be my sons and daughters,</p><p class="line2">says the LORD Almighty.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a>”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">6:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">As we work together.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">6:2 </span><span class="ft">Isa 49:8 (Greek version).</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">6:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">by our holiness of spirit.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">6:15 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">Beliar;</span><span class="ft"> various other manuscripts render this proper name of the devil as </span><span class="it">Belian, Beliab,</span><span class="ft"> or </span><span class="it">Belial.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">6:16 </span><span class="ft">Lev 26:12; Ezek 37:27.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">6:17 </span><span class="ft">Isa 52:11; Ezek 20:34 (Greek version).</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">6:18 </span><span class="ft">2 Sam 7:14.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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