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Change in Paul’s travel plans (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/1#h=6:0-9:0"><strong>1:12-24</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Paul describes his conduct toward the Corinthians (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/1#h=6:0-7:0">1:12-14</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Paul defends himself against the accusation of being unreliable (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/1#h=7:0-9:0">1:15-24</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>2. Paul’s concern for the welfare of the Christians in Corinth (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/2#h=9:0-12:0"><strong>2:1-13</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Paul’s intention to bring the Corinthians joy (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/2#h=9:0-10:0">2:1-4</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">A sinner is forgiven and taken back into the congregation (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/2#h=10:0-11:0">2:5-11</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Because he does not find Titus in Troas, Paul feels no relief (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/2#h=11:0-12:0">2:12, 13</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>3. The glorious ministry of Paul and his associates (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/2#h=12:0-18:0"><strong>2:14–4:6</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">The ministry likened to a triumphal procession (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/2#h=12:0-13:0">2:14-17</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Letters of recommendation (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/3#h=13:0-14:0">3:1-3</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">God qualifies Christians to be ministers of the new covenant (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/3#h=14:0-15:0">3:4-6</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">The superior glory of the ministry of the new covenant (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/3#h=15:0-17:0">3:7-18</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">The ministry that brings light through the glorious knowledge of God (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/4#h=17:0-18:0">4:1-6</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>4. As earthen vessels, Paul and his associates endure much (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/4#h=18:0-21:0"><strong>4:7-18</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Having power beyond what is normal makes it possible to endure hardships (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/4#h=18:0-20:0">4:7-15</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Tribulation is temporary, but the glory it produces is everlasting (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/4#h=20:0-21:0">4:16-18</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>5. Paul’s longing for his heavenly reward (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/5#h=21:0-23:0"><strong>5:1-10</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Heavenly body will be superior (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/5#h=21:0-22:0">5:1-5</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">While still in the flesh, anointed Christians walk by faith, not by sight (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/5#h=22:0-23:0">5:6-10</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>6. The ministry of the reconciliation (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/5#h=23:0-27:0"><strong>5:11–6:2</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Christians compelled by the love Christ has shown (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/5#h=23:0-24:0">5:11-15</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Anointed Christians in union with Christ are a new creation (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/5#h=24:0-25:0">5:16-19</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Ambassadors for Christ appeal: “Become reconciled to God” (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/5#h=25:0-26:0">5:20, 21</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Purpose of God’s undeserved kindness not to be missed (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6#h=26:0-27:0">6:1, 2</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>7. Paul describes his ministry (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6#h=27:0-29:0"><strong>6:3-13</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">How Christians recommend themselves as God’s ministers (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6#h=27:0-28:0">6:3-10</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Paul’s warm feelings for his fellow believers in Corinth (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6#h=28:0-29:0">6:11-13</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>8. Warning against spiritual uncleanness and idolatry (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6#h=29:0-31:0"><strong>6:14–7:1</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">“Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers” (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6#h=29:0-30:0">6:14-18</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Cleansing of every defilement of flesh and spirit (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/7#h=30:0-31:0">7:1</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>9. Paul’s joy over the Corinthians (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/7#h=31:0-35:0"><strong>7:2-16</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Paul is proud of his brothers in Corinth (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/7#h=31:0-32:0">7:2-4</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Paul comforted by Titus’ presence and his good report (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/7#h=32:0-33:0">7:5-7</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Godly sadness and repentance lead to salvation (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/7#h=33:0-34:118">7:8-13a</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Paul’s joy over the good relationship between Titus and the Corinthians (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/7#h=33:964-35:0">7:13b-16</a>)</p></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div> </li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="47-6-1" data-section-citation="047006001047006001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Corinthians 6:1</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p4" data-pid="4" class="s5"><strong>Working together with him:</strong> That is, with God, as shown by the context of <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/1/0" data-bid="2-1" class="b">2Co 5:20</a>, where Paul’s work is described “as though God were making an appeal through us.” The Greek verb rendered “making an appeal” (<em>pa·ra·ka·leʹo</em>) in that verse is used in the context of humans working with God. The same verb appears here at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/2/0" data-bid="3-1" class="b">2Co 6:1</a> in the phrase “we . . . urge [or, “appeal to; entreat”] you.” This further supports the idea that God is a fellow worker of true Christian ministers, including Paul and his companions.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/0/0">study note on 1Co 3:9</a>.</p> <p id="p5" data-pid="5" class="s5"><strong>undeserved kindness:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/1/0">Glossary</a>.</p> <p id="p6" data-pid="6" class="s5"><strong>and miss its purpose:</strong> The Greek expression rendered “and miss its purpose” includes a word that literally means “empty.” That word has also been rendered “in vain; for nothing.” The context shows that anointed Christians received God’s undeserved kindness and were privileged to carry out “the ministry of the reconciliation,” serving as “ambassadors substituting for Christ.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/3/0" data-bid="4-1" class="b">2Co 5:18-20</a>) If those Christians failed to fulfill that ministry and to keep seeking God’s favor during the “acceptable time” and “the day of salvation,” they would miss the purpose of God’s undeserved kindness.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/4/0" data-bid="5-1" class="b">2Co 6:2</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/129" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-130"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Co 5:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-130" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-130" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/130" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-131"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 2:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-131" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-131" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p229" data-pid="229" class="se"></p> <p id="p230" data-pid="230" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/271/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 761-762</a></p> <div id="p231" data-pid="231"><p data-pid="231" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/272/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="231" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/272/0">1/2016, pp. 28-32</a></p> </div><div id="p232" data-pid="232"><p data-pid="232" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/273/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="232" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/273/0">12/15/2010, p. 14</a></p><p data-pid="232" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/274/0">12/15/1998, pp. 18-19</a></p><p data-pid="232" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/275/0">7/15/1991, pp. 16-17</a></p><p data-pid="232" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/276/0">2/15/1991, pp. 19-20</a></p><p data-pid="232" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/277/0">8/1/1988, pp. 27-29</a></p> </div><p id="p233" data-pid="233" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/278/0"><em>2006 Yearbook,</em> pp. 3-4</a></p> <p id="p234" data-pid="234" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p76" data-pid="76" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/74/0">it-2 761-762;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/74/2"> w16.01 28-32;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/74/4"> w10 12/15 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/74/6"> yb06 3-4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/74/8"> w98 12/15 18-19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/74/11"> w91 2/15 19-20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/74/13"> w91 7/15 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/74/17"> w88 8/1 27-29;</a></p> <p id="p77" data-pid="77" class="sx"></p> <p id="p80" data-pid="80" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/78/0">lp 183;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/78/2"> w74 495-496;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/78/4"> w72 297-302,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/78/6"> 307-308,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/78/8"> 375;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/78/10"> kj 285;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/78/11"> w61 282,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/78/12"> 330;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/78/13"> w57 374;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/78/14"> w51 743</a></p> <p id="p81" data-pid="81" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="47-6-2" data-section-citation="047006002047006002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Corinthians 6:2</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p8" data-pid="8" class="s5"><strong>For he says: “In an acceptable time I heard you”:</strong> Paul is quoting from the prophecy at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/6/0" data-bid="7-1" class="b">Isa 49:8</a>. This statement was apparently made to Isaiah, who represented the nation of Israel and personified that nation as a “servant.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/7/0" data-bid="8-1" class="b">Isa 49:3</a>) This was a restoration prophecy that had its first fulfillment when Israel was liberated from Babylon. However, Isaiah says that this “servant” of Jehovah would be given as “a covenant for the people” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/8/0" data-bid="9-1" class="b">Isa 49:8</a>) and as “a light of nations, so that [God’s] salvation may reach the ends of the earth” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/9/0" data-bid="10-1" class="b">Isa 49:6</a>). This marks the prophecy as Messianic, applying also to Christ Jesus as God’s “servant.” (Compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/10/0" data-bid="11-1" class="b">Isa 42:1-4,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/10/1" data-bid="11-2" class="b"> 6, 7</a> with <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/11/0" data-bid="12-1" class="b">Mt 12:18-21</a>.) The “time of favor” was when Jehovah would answer and help his servant. Accordingly, during Jesus’ earthly life, he “offered up supplications and also petitions . . . to the One who was able to save him out of death, and he was favorably heard for his godly fear.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/12/0" data-bid="13-1" class="b">Heb 5:7-9</a>; compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/13/0" data-bid="14-1" class="b">Lu 22:41-44;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/13/1" data-bid="14-2" class="b"> 23:46;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/13/2" data-bid="14-3" class="b"> Joh 12:27, 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/13/3" data-bid="14-4" class="b"> 17:1-5</a>.) It was, therefore, “a day of salvation” and “an acceptable time [or, “a time of favor”]” for God’s own Son, the foretold “servant.”—Compare <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/2/0">study note on Lu 4:19</a>.</p> <p id="p9" data-pid="9" class="s5"><strong>Look! Now is the especially acceptable time. Look! Now is the day of salvation:</strong> The prophecy at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/14/0" data-bid="15-1" class="b">Isa 49:8</a> that Paul quotes is both a restoration prophecy and a Messianic prophecy. While the fulfillment of this prophecy involved Jesus Christ, Paul quoted from this prophecy to indicate that it also applied to Christians. Paul urged them “not to accept the undeserved kindness of God and miss its purpose.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/15/0" data-bid="16-1" class="b">2Co 6:1</a>) Those Christians had become the spiritual “Israel of God” from Pentecost 33 C.E. onward. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/16/0" data-bid="17-1" class="b">Ga 6:16</a>) However, they needed to prove worthy of God’s undeserved kindness so that the “acceptable time,” or time of favor, might be “the day of salvation” for them.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/131" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-132"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 49:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-132" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-132" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/132" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-133"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Lu 4:18, 19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-133" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-133" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p234" data-pid="234" class="se"></p> <p id="p235" data-pid="235" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/279/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 37</a></p> <div id="p236" data-pid="236"><p data-pid="236" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/280/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="236" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/280/0">12/15/2010, pp. 12-14</a></p><p data-pid="236" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/281/0">12/15/1998, pp. 18-20</a></p> </div><p id="p237" data-pid="237" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/282/0"><em>Revelation Climax,</em> p. 127</a></p> <p id="p238" data-pid="238" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/283/0"><em>2006 Yearbook,</em> pp. 3-4</a></p> <p id="p239" data-pid="239" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/284/0"><em>Isaiah’s Prophecy II,</em> pp. 143-146</a></p> <p id="p240" data-pid="240" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p77" data-pid="77" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/75/0">it-1 37;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/75/2"> w10 12/15 12-13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/75/4"> re 127;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/75/6"> yb06 3-4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/75/8"> ip-2 143-146;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/75/10"> w98 12/15 18-20;</a></p> <p id="p78" data-pid="78" class="sx"></p> <p id="p81" data-pid="81" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/79/0">km 8/78 1,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/79/2"> 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/79/4"> w72 375;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/79/6"> ad 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/79/7"> kj 285;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/79/8"> w70 661-662;</a><span class="ni"> im 397;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/79/11"> w64 631;</a><span class="ni"> pw 25;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/79/13"> w63 467;</a><span class="ni"> g61 8/22 28;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/79/15"> w56 699;</a><span class="ni"> sr55 187;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/79/17"> w53 690;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/79/18"> w51 743;</a><span class="ni"> w48 336</span></p> <p id="p82" data-pid="82" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="47-6-3" data-section-citation="047006003047006003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Corinthians 6:3</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/133" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-134"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 14:13; 1Co 9:22; 2Co 8:20, 21</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-134" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-134" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p240" data-pid="240" class="se"></p> <p id="p241" data-pid="241" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/285/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 40</a></p> <p id="p242" data-pid="242" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/286/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 818</a></p> <p id="p243" data-pid="243" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p78" data-pid="78" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/76/0">lff lesson 40;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/76/2"> it-1 818;</a></p> <p id="p79" data-pid="79" class="sx"></p> <p id="p82" data-pid="82" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/80/0">w84 8/15 10-11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/80/2"> km 8/84 3;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/80/4"> w72 570;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/80/6"> w71 765;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/80/8"> w65 287,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/80/9"> 303,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/80/10"> 308;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/80/11"> w62 412;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/80/12"> w61 361,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/80/13"> 499;</a><span class="ni"> g61 6/8 4;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/80/15"> w51 743</a></p> <p id="p83" data-pid="83" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="47-6-4" data-section-citation="047006004047006004"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Corinthians 6:4</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p11" data-pid="11" class="s5"><strong>we recommend ourselves as God’s ministers:</strong> In his letters to the Christians in Corinth, Paul has already referred to himself and his fellow workers as “ministers.” (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/3/0">study notes on 1Co 3:5;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/4/0"> 2Co 3:6</a>.) In this context, the Greek verb rendered “we recommend ourselves” conveys the idea “we prove (show) ourselves to be.” Some men associated with the congregation in Corinth were not proving worthy of God’s undeserved kindness. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/18/0" data-bid="19-1" class="b">2Co 6:1,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/18/1" data-bid="19-2" class="b"> 3</a>) So Paul and his associates recommended, or defended, themselves as God’s ministers “in every way.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/134" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-135"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Co 4:1, 2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-135" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-135" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/135" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-136"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Co 11:23</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-136" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-136" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p243" data-pid="243" class="se"></p> <p id="p244" data-pid="244" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/287/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 40</a></p> <div id="p245" data-pid="245"><p data-pid="245" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/288/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="245" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/288/0">9/2016, p. 18</a></p> </div><div id="p246" data-pid="246"><p data-pid="246" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/289/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="246" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/289/0">11/15/2000, p. 20</a></p><p data-pid="246" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/290/0">4/15/2000, pp. 19-21</a></p><p data-pid="246" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/291/0">12/15/1998, p. 19</a></p> </div><p id="p247" data-pid="247" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p79" data-pid="79" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/77/0">lff lesson 40;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/77/2"> w16.09 18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/77/4"> w00 4/15 19-21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/77/6"> w00 11/15 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/77/8"> w98 12/15 19;</a></p> <p id="p80" data-pid="80" class="sx"></p> <p id="p83" data-pid="83" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/81/0">w84 8/15 10-11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/81/2"> w75 721;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/81/4"> w72 283,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/81/6"> 285;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/81/8"> w71 692;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/81/10"> w61 210,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/81/11"> 499;</a><span class="ni"> g61 6/8 4;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/81/13"> w51 743;</a><span class="ni"> w44 326</span></p> <p id="p84" data-pid="84" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="47-6-5" data-section-citation="047006005047006005"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Corinthians 6:5</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/136" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-137"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 16:22, 23</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-137" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-137" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/137" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-138"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Re 2:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-138" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-138" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/138" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-139"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Co 11:25, 27</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-139" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-139" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p84" data-pid="84" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/82/0">w75 721;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/82/2"> w72 283;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/82/4"> w71 538;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/82/6"> ad 568;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/82/7"> w61 210;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/82/8"> w53 287</a></p> <p id="p85" data-pid="85" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="47-6-6" data-section-citation="047006006047006006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Corinthians 6:6</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/139" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-140"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Col 3:13; 1Th 5:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-140" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-140" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/140" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-141"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 4:32</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-141" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-141" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/141" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-142"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 12:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-142" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-142" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p247" data-pid="247" class="se"></p> <div id="p248" data-pid="248"><p data-pid="248" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/292/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="248" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/292/0">12/15/1998, pp. 19-20</a></p> </div><p id="p249" data-pid="249" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p80" data-pid="80" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/78/0">w98 12/15 19-20;</a></p> <p id="p81" data-pid="81" class="sx"></p> <p id="p85" data-pid="85" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/83/0">w65 287;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/83/1"> w64 686;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/83/2"> w61 210;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/83/3"> w54 564</a></p> <p id="p86" data-pid="86" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="47-6-7" data-section-citation="047006007047006007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Corinthians 6:7</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="s5"><strong>in the right hand and in the left:</strong> It seems likely that Paul here employs imagery based on the way that a soldier used his weapons. A soldier usually held his sword, a weapon of offense, in his right hand and carried his shield, for his defense, in his left. Paul used these <strong>weapons of righteousness,</strong> including God’s word, to advance the cause of truth and to defend pure worship from attack. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/20/0" data-bid="21-1" class="b">2Co 10:4, 5;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/20/1" data-bid="21-2" class="b"> Eph 6:16, 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/20/2" data-bid="21-3" class="b"> Heb 4:12</a>) Unlike his enemies, Paul did not resort to abuse of power, deception, slander, or trickery to further his aims. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/21/0" data-bid="22-1" class="b">2Co 1:24;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/21/1" data-bid="22-2" class="b"> 10:9;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/21/2" data-bid="22-3" class="b"> 11:3,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/21/3" data-bid="22-4" class="b"> 13-15;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/21/4" data-bid="22-5" class="b"> 12:16, 17</a>) Rather, he endeavored to use only means that were righteous, or just, in God’s eyes. (See Glossary, “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/5/0">Righteousness</a>.”) Paul wanted all Christian ministers to be fully equipped for their vital work.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/142" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-143"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 2:4, 5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-143" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-143" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/143" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-144"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Co 10:4; Eph 6:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-144" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-144" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p249" data-pid="249" class="se"></p> <div id="p250" data-pid="250"><p data-pid="250" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/293/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="250" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/293/0">12/15/1998, pp. 19-20</a></p><p data-pid="250" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/294/0">9/15/1990, p. 27</a></p> </div><p id="p251" data-pid="251" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p81" data-pid="81" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/79/0">w98 12/15 19-20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/79/2"> w90 9/15 27;</a></p> <p id="p82" data-pid="82" class="sx"></p> <p id="p86" data-pid="86" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/84/0">w73 159;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/84/2"> w61 210</a></p> <p id="p87" data-pid="87" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="47-6-8" data-section-citation="047006008047006008"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Corinthians 6:8</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p251" data-pid="251" class="se"></p> <div id="p252" data-pid="252"><p data-pid="252" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/295/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="252" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/295/0">12/15/1998, p. 20</a></p> </div><p id="p253" data-pid="253" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p82" data-pid="82" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/80/0">w98 12/15 20;</a></p> <p id="p83" data-pid="83" class="sx"></p> <p id="p87" data-pid="87" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/85/0">w76 296-297;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/85/2"> w61 210;</a><span class="ni"> w39 43</span></p> <p id="p88" data-pid="88" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="47-6-9" data-section-citation="047006009047006009"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Corinthians 6:9</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="s5"><strong>dying:</strong> Or “considered worthy of death.” During their ministry, Paul and his coworkers faced many trials that constantly brought them close to death. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/23/0" data-bid="24-1" class="b">Ac 14:19;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/23/1" data-bid="24-2" class="b"> 1Co 15:30, 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/23/2" data-bid="24-3" class="b"> 2Co 1:8;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/23/3" data-bid="24-4" class="b"> 4:11;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/23/4" data-bid="24-5" class="b"> 11:23-27</a>) Still, they could exclaim <strong>yet look! we live.</strong> Despite all the tribulations and persecution they experienced, they were preserved alive.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-5"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p70" data-pid="70">Or “disciplined.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/144" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-145"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Co 4:10, 11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-145" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-145" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/145" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-146"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 14:19; 2Co 4:8, 9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-146" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-146" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p253" data-pid="253" class="se"></p> <div id="p254" data-pid="254"><p data-pid="254" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/296/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="254" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/296/0">12/15/1998, p. 20</a></p> </div><p id="p255" data-pid="255" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p83" data-pid="83" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/81/0">w98 12/15 20;</a></p> <p id="p84" data-pid="84" class="sx"></p> <p id="p88" data-pid="88" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/86/0">w61 210</a></p> <p id="p89" data-pid="89" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="47-6-10" data-section-citation="047006010047006010"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Corinthians 6:10</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/146" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-147"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Php 4:13; Re 2:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-147" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-147" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p255" data-pid="255" class="se"></p> <div id="p256" data-pid="256"><p data-pid="256" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/297/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="256" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/297/0">12/15/1998, p. 20</a></p> </div><p id="p257" data-pid="257" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p84" data-pid="84" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/82/0">w98 12/15 20;</a></p> <p id="p85" data-pid="85" class="sx"></p> <p id="p89" data-pid="89" class="sx"><span class="ni">cj 65;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/87/2"> g76 3/22 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/87/4"> w75 574;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/87/6"> w73 158;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/87/8"> w72 285;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/87/10"> w65 333;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/87/11"> w62 435;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/87/12"> w61 210</a></p> <p id="p90" data-pid="90" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="47-6-11" data-section-citation="047006011047006011"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Corinthians 6:11</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="s5"><strong>We have opened our mouth to speak to you:</strong> Or “we have spoken openly to you.” The Greek phrase “our mouth has been open to you” is an idiom meaning “to speak frankly.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p257" data-pid="257" class="se"></p> <p id="p258" data-pid="258" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/298/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 56</a></p> <p id="p259" data-pid="259" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p85" data-pid="85" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/83/0">lff lesson 56;</a></p> <p id="p86" data-pid="86" class="sx"></p> <p id="p90" data-pid="90" class="sx"><span class="ni">g65 1/8 4</span></p> <p id="p91" data-pid="91" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="47-6-12" data-section-citation="047006012047006012"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Corinthians 6:12</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="s5"><strong>We are not restricted in our affections for you:</strong> Or “You are not cramped for room within us.” The Greek word <em>ste·no·kho·reʹo·mai,</em> used twice in this verse, literally means “to put in a narrow place.” One lexicon explains the meaning of this phrase regarding the Corinthian Christians: “They are not boxed off in a narrow area of Paul’s affection.” Paul is, in effect, saying that there are no limits to the affection that he feels for the Corinthian Christians.</p> <p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="s5"><strong>tender affections:</strong> The Greek term used here, <em>splagkhʹnon,</em> refers in a literal sense to the inward parts of the body. At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/26/0" data-bid="27-1" class="b">Ac 1:18</a>, it is rendered “insides [intestines].” In this context (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/27/0" data-bid="28-1" class="b">2Co 6:12</a>), the word refers to deeply felt, intense emotions. It is one of the strongest words in Greek for the feeling of compassion.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/147" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-148"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Co 12:15</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-148" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-148" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p259" data-pid="259" class="se"></p> <p id="p260" data-pid="260" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/299/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 56</a></p> <div id="p261" data-pid="261"><p data-pid="261" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/300/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="261" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/300/0">1/1/2007, pp. 9-10</a></p> </div><p id="p262" data-pid="262" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p86" data-pid="86" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/84/0">lff lesson 56;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/84/2"> w07 1/1 9-10;</a></p> <p id="p87" data-pid="87" class="sx"></p> <p id="p91" data-pid="91" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/89/0">w61 300</a></p> <p id="p92" data-pid="92" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="47-6-13" data-section-citation="047006013047006013"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Corinthians 6:13</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="s5"><strong>you too open your hearts wide:</strong> Or “you too widen out.” The Greek verb used here literally means “to make broad; to enlarge.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/29/0" data-bid="30-1" class="b">Mt 23:5</a>) Paul is using the word figuratively with regard to showing warm affection. One reference work comments that the expression describes showing “generous, expansive affection.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/148" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-149"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Pe 2:17; 1Jo 4:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-149" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-149" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p262" data-pid="262" class="se"></p> <p id="p263" data-pid="263" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/301/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 56</a></p> <div id="p264" data-pid="264"><p data-pid="264" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/302/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="264" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/302/0">No. 3 2020 p. 10</a></p><p data-pid="264" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/303/0">3/2006, p. 9</a></p> </div><div id="p265" data-pid="265"><p data-pid="265" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/304/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="265" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/304/0">11/15/2009, pp. 20-21</a></p><p data-pid="265" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/305/0">1/1/2007, pp. 9-11</a></p><p data-pid="265" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/306/0">10/1/2004, pp. 16-17</a></p><p data-pid="265" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/307/0">12/1/1995, p. 16</a></p><p data-pid="265" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/308/0">10/1/1988, p. 12</a></p> </div><div id="p266" data-pid="266"><p data-pid="266" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/309/0"><em>Kingdom Ministry,</em></a></p><p data-pid="266" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/309/0">5/2004, p. 4</a></p><p data-pid="266" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/310/0">8/1994, p. 1</a></p> </div><p id="p267" data-pid="267" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/311/0"><em>Worship God,</em> pp. 149-150</a></p> <p id="p268" data-pid="268" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p87" data-pid="87" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/85/0">lff lesson 56;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/85/2"> g20.3 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/85/4"> w09 11/15 20-21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/85/6"> w07 1/1 9-11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/85/8"> g 3/06 9;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/85/10"> w04 10/1 16-17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/85/12"> km 5/04 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/85/14"> wt 149-150;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/85/16"> w95 12/1 16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/85/18"> km 8/94 1;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/85/20"> w88 10/1 12;</a></p> <p id="p88" data-pid="88" class="sx"></p> <p id="p92" data-pid="92" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/90/0">w85 3/15 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/90/2"> w75 199;</a><span class="ni"> g65 1/8 4;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/90/5"> w64 495;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/90/6"> w61 300;</a><span class="ni"> g61 6/8 18;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/90/8"> w52 536</a></p> <p id="p93" data-pid="93" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="47-6-14" data-section-citation="047006014047006014"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Corinthians 6:14</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="s5"><strong>Do not become unevenly yoked:</strong> This illustration is based on a principle of agricultural life. A farmer does not yoke together, or join together, two animals that are very different in size or strength to work in the fields. If he did, the weaker animal would have to struggle to keep up the pace, and the stronger animal would have a greater burden to bear. Paul likely had in mind <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/31/0" data-bid="32-1" class="b">De 22:10</a>, where the Mosaic Law forbade the Israelites to plow with a bull and a donkey yoked together. He used this principle of farming to illustrate how spiritually detrimental it would be for Christians to form alliances with individuals who were no part of the Christian congregation. For example, if a Christian married an unbeliever, the two would be unevenly yoked. In spiritual matters, they would not be united in thought and action.</p> <p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="s5"><strong>unevenly yoked:</strong> The Greek word rendered “unevenly yoked” (<em>he·te·ro·zy·geʹo</em>), used only here in the Christian Greek Scriptures, literally means “to be differently yoked (joined together).” The related verb <em>syn·zeuʹgny·mi</em> is used at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/32/0" data-bid="33-1" class="b">Mt 19:6</a> and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/33/0" data-bid="34-1" class="b">Mr 10:9</a> in the phrase “what God has yoked [or, “joined”] together.” Both these verbs are related to the Greek word for “yoke,” <em>zy·gosʹ.</em></p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/1001072219#chapter=6"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/1001072219/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/835" ><span class="caption"><p>Unevenly Yoked</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/149" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-150"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ex 23:32, 33; De 7:3, 4; 1Ki 11:4; 1Co 7:39</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-150" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-150" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/150" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-151"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jas 4:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-151" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-151" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/151" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-152"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 5:7, 8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-152" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-152" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p268" data-pid="268" class="se"></p> <p id="p269" data-pid="269" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/312/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 42</a></p> <p id="p270" data-pid="270" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/313/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 77</a></p> <p id="p271" data-pid="271" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/314/0"><em>Remain in God’s Love,</em> pp. 134-135</a></p> <p id="p272" data-pid="272" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/315/0"><em>“God’s Love,”</em> p. 113</a></p> <div id="p273" data-pid="273"><p data-pid="273" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/316/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="273" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/316/0">6/1/2010, p. 27</a></p><p data-pid="273" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/317/0">5/1/2007, pp. 15-16</a></p><p data-pid="273" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/318/0">7/1/2004, pp. 30-31</a></p><p data-pid="273" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/319/0">10/15/2003, p. 32</a></p><p data-pid="273" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/320/0">11/15/1995, p. 31</a></p><p data-pid="273" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/321/0">10/1/1993, pp. 29-30</a></p><p data-pid="273" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/322/0">11/1/1989, pp. 18-22</a></p> </div><p id="p274" data-pid="274" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/323/0"><em>Young People Ask,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 34</a></p> <div id="p275" data-pid="275"><p data-pid="275" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/324/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="275" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/324/0">1/22/1998, p. 20</a></p><p data-pid="275" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/325/0">11/22/1993, pp. 11-12</a></p><p data-pid="275" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/326/0">3/22/1986, pp. 7-8</a></p><p data-pid="275" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/327/0">3/8/1986, p. 17</a></p> </div><p id="p276" data-pid="276" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p88" data-pid="88" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/86/0">lff lesson 42;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/86/3"> it-1 77;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/86/5"> lvs 134-135;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/86/7"> lv 113;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/86/9"> w10 6/1 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/86/11"> yp2 34;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/86/13"> w07 5/1 15-16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/86/15"> w04 7/1 30-31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/86/17"> w03 10/15 32;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/86/19"> g98 1/22 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/86/21"> w95 11/15 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/86/23"> w93 10/1 29-30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/86/25"> g93 11/22 11-12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/86/27"> w89 11/1 18-22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/86/30"> g86 3/8 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/86/32"> g86 3/22 7-8;</a></p> <p id="p89" data-pid="89" class="sx"></p> <p id="p93" data-pid="93" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/0">w84 11/15 16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/2"> w82 3/15 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/4"> w73 73;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/6"> w73 319;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/8"> w72 304-305;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/10"> w71 765-766;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/12"> kj 161;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/13"> w68 373;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/14"> w67 492;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/15"> w65 60,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/16"> 62;</a><span class="ni"> g65 4/22 29;</span><span class="ni"> g64 7/22 11;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/19"> w63 188;</a><span class="ni"> g63 11/8 11;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/21"> w61 403;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/22"> w60 112,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/23"> 127,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/24"> 532;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/25"> w58 746;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/26"> w57 455,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/27"> 531;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/28"> w56 55,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/29"> 562;</a><span class="ni"> nh 190;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/31"> w52 138,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/91/32"> 190</a></p> <p id="p94" data-pid="94" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="47-6-15" data-section-citation="047006015047006015"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Corinthians 6:15</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="s5"><strong>harmony:</strong> Or “agreement.” The Greek word used here, <em>sym·phoʹne·sis,</em> literally means “a sounding together.” In a literal sense, it may have reference to the harmony produced by musical instruments. One lexicon defines this word as “a state of shared interests.” The intended answer to the first rhetorical question posed in this verse is: “There is, of course, absolutely no harmony, or agreement, between Christ and Satan.”</p> <p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="s5"><strong>Belial:</strong> This term, found only here in the Christian Greek Scriptures, is used as a designation for Satan. Greek manuscripts use the spelling <em>Be·liʹar,</em> which is reflected in some translations. However, the Greek term corresponds to a Hebrew term, <em>beli·yaʹʽal,</em> which means “good-for-nothing; worthless.” It is applied to ideas, words, and counsel (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/35/0" data-bid="36-1" class="b">De 15:9</a>, where the expression is rendered “evil”; <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/36/0" data-bid="37-1" class="b">Ps 101:3;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/36/1" data-bid="37-2" class="b"> Na 1:11</a>) and to “dreadful” circumstances (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/37/0" data-bid="38-1" class="b">Ps 41:8</a>). It is most frequently applied to worthless men of the lowest sort—for example, those who would induce Jehovah’s people to worship other gods. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/38/0" data-bid="39-1" class="b">De 13:13</a>) This expression is also used in a number of other verses to describe wicked men. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/39/0" data-bid="40-1" class="b">Jg 19:22-27;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/39/1" data-bid="40-2" class="b"> 20:13;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/39/2" data-bid="40-3" class="b"> 1Sa 25:17,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/39/3" data-bid="40-4" class="b"> 25;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/39/4" data-bid="40-5" class="b"> 2Sa 20:1;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/39/5" data-bid="40-6" class="b"> 22:5;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/39/6" data-bid="40-7" class="b"> 1Ki 21:10,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/39/7" data-bid="40-8" class="b"> 13</a>) In the first century C.E., Belial was used as a descriptive name for Satan. The Syriac <em>Peshitta</em> reads “Satan” here at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/40/0" data-bid="41-1" class="b">2Co 6:15</a>. Paul usually calls the adversary of God by the name Satan (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/41/0" data-bid="42-1" class="b">Ro 16:20;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/41/1" data-bid="42-2" class="b"> 2Co 2:11</a>) but also uses the designations “the Devil” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/42/0" data-bid="43-1" class="b">Eph 6:11;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/42/1" data-bid="43-2" class="b"> 1Ti 3:6</a>), “the wicked one” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/43/0" data-bid="44-1" class="b">2Th 3:3</a>), and “the god of this system of things” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/44/0" data-bid="45-1" class="b">2Co 4:4</a>).</p> <p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="s5"><strong>what does a believer share in common with an unbeliever?:</strong> Or “what share does a believer have with an unbeliever?” The Greek word <em>me·risʹ,</em> meaning “share; portion,” is used in a similar sense at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/45/0" data-bid="46-1" class="b">Ac 8:21</a>, where it is rendered “part.”</p> <p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="s5"><strong>a believer:</strong> Or “a faithful person.” The Greek word <em>pi·stosʹ</em> can describe someone who shows trust, or faith, in someone or something, that is, a believing person. On the other hand, the same word can also describe a person whom others find to be trustworthy, faithful, dependable. In some cases, as in this verse, both meanings are possible.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/152" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-153"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 4:10; Re 12:7, 8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-153" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-153" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/153" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-154"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 10:21</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-154" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-154" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p276" data-pid="276" class="se"></p> <p id="p277" data-pid="277" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/328/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 281-282</a></p> <div id="p278" data-pid="278"><p data-pid="278" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/329/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="278" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/329/0">11/1/1989, pp. 18-22</a></p> </div><p id="p279" data-pid="279" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p89" data-pid="89" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/87/0">it-1 281-282;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/87/2"> w89 11/1 18-22;</a></p> <p id="p90" data-pid="90" class="sx"></p> <p id="p94" data-pid="94" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/92/0">w73 73;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/92/2"> ad 210;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/92/3"> kj 161;</a><span class="ni"> g66 1/8 28;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/92/5"> w64 203;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/92/6"> w60 112,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/92/7"> 531;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/92/8"> w57 531;</a><span class="ni"> nh 190;</span><span class="ni"> w31 308</span></p> <p id="p95" data-pid="95" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="47-6-16" data-section-citation="047006016047006016"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Corinthians 6:16</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="s5"><strong>just as God said:</strong> By quoting from or alluding to several texts in the Hebrew Scriptures, Paul shows that God’s attitude toward spiritual cleanness has always been the same. Here in verse 16, Paul is referring to <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/47/0" data-bid="48-1" class="b">Le 26:11, 12</a> and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/48/0" data-bid="49-1" class="b">Eze 37:27</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/154" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-155"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 10:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-155" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-155" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/155" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-156"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 3:16; 6:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-156" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-156" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/156" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-157"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ex 29:45</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-157" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-157" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/157" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-158"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Le 26:11, 12; Eze 37:27</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-158" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-158" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p95" data-pid="95" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/93/0">w72 719;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/93/2"> kj 161,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/93/3"> 275;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/93/4"> w67 492;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/93/5"> w65 749;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/93/6"> w64 703;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/93/7"> w63 53;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/93/8"> w61 140,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/93/9"> 145;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/93/10"> w60 42,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/93/11"> 112;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/93/12"> w58 746;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/93/13"> w57 531;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/93/14"> w56 55;</a><span class="ni"> nh 190;</span><span class="ni"> w42 88;</span><span class="ni"> w31 378</span></p> <p id="p96" data-pid="96" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="47-6-17" data-section-citation="047006017047006017"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Corinthians 6:17</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="s5"><strong>Therefore, get out from among them:</strong> In this context (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/50/0" data-bid="51-1" class="b">2Co 6:14–7:1</a>), Paul admonishes the Corinthian Christians not to become unevenly yoked with unbelievers and to remain clean. Here in verse 17, he quotes <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/51/0" data-bid="52-1" class="b">Isa 52:11</a>, a prophetic command to the Jews who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon in 537 B.C.E. Those Jews were carrying with them the sacred utensils that King Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem. Not only did they have to keep themselves clean in an outward ceremonial way but they also had to have clean hearts and rid themselves of all false worship. Likewise, the Corinthian Christians had to avoid the unclean temples of false religion and separate themselves from all unclean acts of idolatry. They had to “cleanse [themselves] of every defilement of flesh and spirit.”—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/52/0" data-bid="53-1" class="b">2Co 7:1</a>.</p> <p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="s5"><strong>says Jehovah:</strong> In this verse, Paul quotes several phrases from <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/53/0" data-bid="54-1" class="b">Isa 52:11</a>, where the context makes it clear that Jehovah God is the Source of the message. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/54/0" data-bid="55-1" class="b">Isa 52:4, 5</a>) Paul links the quotes together by using a phrase that occurs hundreds of times in the <em>Septuagint</em> to translate Hebrew phrases for “declares Jehovah,” “says Jehovah,” and “this is what Jehovah says.” Some examples can be found at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/55/0" data-bid="56-1" class="b">Isa 1:11;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/55/1" data-bid="56-2" class="b"> 48:17;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/55/2" data-bid="56-3" class="b"> 49:18</a> (quoted at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/56/0" data-bid="57-1" class="b">Ro 14:11</a>); <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/57/0" data-bid="58-1" class="b">52:4, 5</a>.—See <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/0">App. C3 introduction;</a> <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/1">2Co 6:17</a>.</p> <p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="s5"><strong>and I will take you in:</strong> Or “and I will receive [welcome] you.” This phrase is apparently a quote based on the <em>Septuagint</em> wording of <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/58/0" data-bid="59-1" class="b">Eze 20:34,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/58/1" data-bid="59-2" class="b"> 41</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/158" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-159"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 52:11; Jer 51:45; Re 18:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-159" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-159" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/159" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-160"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 20:41; 2Co 7:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-160" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-160" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p279" data-pid="279" class="se"></p> <p id="p280" data-pid="280" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/330/0"><em>Remain in God’s Love,</em> p. 111</a></p> <div id="p281" data-pid="281"><p data-pid="281" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/331/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="281" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/331/0">3/15/2006, pp. 27-31</a></p><p data-pid="281" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/332/0">12/1/1991, pp. 12-13</a></p> </div><p id="p282" data-pid="282" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/333/0"><em>Revelation Climax,</em> p. 266</a></p> <p id="p283" data-pid="283" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p90" data-pid="90" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/88/0">lvs 111;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/88/2"> w06 3/15 27-31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/88/4"> re 266;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/88/6"> w91 12/1 12-13;</a></p> <p id="p91" data-pid="91" class="sx"></p> <p id="p96" data-pid="96" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/94/0">w84 11/15 16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/94/2"> km 9/76 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/94/4"> sl 160-161;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/94/6"> w73 73;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/94/8"> w73 336;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/94/10"> w73 575;</a><span class="ni"> or 12;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/94/14"> w71 638-639;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/94/16"> kj 161;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/94/17"> w70 40;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/94/19"> w65 61,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/94/20"> 536;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/94/21"> w64 296,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/94/22"> 300,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/94/23"> 533;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/94/24"> w63 154;</a><span class="ni"> bf 362;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/94/26"> w60 112,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/94/27"> 127;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/94/28"> w52 55;</a><span class="ni"> w46 269;</span><span class="ni"> w42 118,</span><span class="ni"> 205;</span><span class="ni"> w31 308</span></p> <p id="p97" data-pid="97" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="47-6-18" data-section-citation="047006018047006018"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">2 Corinthians 6:18</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="s5"><strong>says Jehovah, the Almighty:</strong> The statements Paul quotes in this verse are apparently taken from <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/60/0" data-bid="61-1" class="b">2Sa 7:14</a> and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/61/0" data-bid="62-1" class="b">Isa 43:6</a>. The phrase “says Jehovah, the Almighty,” seems to be quoted from the <em>Septuagint</em> version of <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/62/0" data-bid="63-1" class="b">2Sa 7:8</a>, where the original Hebrew text reads: “This is what Jehovah of armies says.” With quotes from the Hebrew Scriptures, Paul urges Christians to avoid false worship and the use of lifeless, powerless idols. By doing so, they can qualify as “sons and daughters” of “Jehovah, the Almighty.”—See <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/2">App. C1</a> and <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/3">C2</a>.</p> <p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="s5"><strong>the Almighty:</strong> The Greek word <em>Pan·to·kraʹtor,</em> here rendered “the Almighty,” could also be translated “the Ruler Over All; the One Who Has All Power.” In this context, Paul urges Christians to avoid false worship and the use of lifeless, powerless idols (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/63/0" data-bid="64-1" class="b">2Co 6:16</a>) in order to qualify as children of “the Almighty.” In the Christian Greek Scriptures, this is the first of ten occurrences of the term rendered “the Almighty.” The other nine are found in the book of Revelation.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/64/0" data-bid="65-1" class="b">Re 1:8;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/64/1" data-bid="65-2" class="b"> 4:8;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/64/2" data-bid="65-3" class="b"> 11:17;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/64/3" data-bid="65-4" class="b"> 15:3;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/64/4" data-bid="65-5" class="b"> 16:7,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/64/5" data-bid="65-6" class="b"> 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/64/6" data-bid="65-7" class="b"> 19:6,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/64/7" data-bid="65-8" class="b"> 15;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070755/64/8" data-bid="65-9" class="b"> 21:22</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/160" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-161"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Sa 7:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-161" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-161" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/161" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-162"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 43:6; Ho 1:10; Joh 1:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-162" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-162" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p283" data-pid="283" class="se"></p> <p id="p284" data-pid="284" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/334/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 79</a></p> <p id="p285" data-pid="285" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204437/335/0"><em>Remain in God’s Love,</em> p. 111</a></p> <p id="p286" data-pid="286" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p91" data-pid="91" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/89/0">it-1 79;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270047/89/2"> lvs 111;</a></p> <p id="p92" data-pid="92" class="sx"></p> <p id="p97" data-pid="97" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/95/0">kj 161;</a><span class="ni"> g66 6/22 6;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020047/95/2"> w60 112</a></p> <p id="p98" data-pid="98" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div> </div> <div id="studyParallel" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section"> <h3 class="title">Parallel Translations</h3> <div class="helpText">Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.</div> <div class="parallel"> <div class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div> <div class="extract"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="studyMarginals" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section marginalsQuotation"><h3 class="title"><span class="sectionIcon"></span><span class="scalableui">Quotation</span></h3><div class="content categorizedMarginal"><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/131/3" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-132-3"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">2 Cor. 6:2</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 49:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-132-3" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-132-3" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/157/3" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-158-3"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">2 Cor. 6:16</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Le 26:11, 12; Eze 37:27</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-158-3" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div 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6:18</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Sa 7:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-161-3" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-161-3" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/161/3" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-162-3"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">2 Cor. 6:18</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 43:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-162-3" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-162-3" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="section marginalsGeneral"><h3 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class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-135-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-135-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/135/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-136-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">2 Cor. 6:4</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Co 11:23</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-136-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-136-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/136/1" 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6:6</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Col 3:13; 1Th 5:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-140-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-140-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/47/6/140/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-141-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">2 Cor. 6:6</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 4:32</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-141-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-141-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible 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<div>New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)</div> <div>2 Corinthians 6:1-18</div> </div> <div id="content" class="content"> <div class="articlePositioner" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr"> <div id="banner" class="documentBanner showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr"> </div> <article id="article" class="article bible html5 pub-nwtsty jwac showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr includeSecondaryNav" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr" role="article"> <div class="scalableui"> <header> <h1>The Second to the Corinthians</h1> </header> <p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="sb"><span id="v47-6-1-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070151/28991" class="cl vx vp study"><strong>6</strong> </a>Working together with him,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/129" data-bid="130-1" class="b">+</a> we also urge you not to accept the undeserved kindness of God and miss its purpose.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/130" data-bid="131-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v47-6-2-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070151/28992" class="vl vx vp study">2 </a>For he says: “In an acceptable time I heard you, and in a day of salvation I helped you.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/131" data-bid="132-1" class="b">+</a> Look! Now is the especially acceptable time.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/132" data-bid="133-1" class="b">+</a> Look! Now is the day of salvation.</span></p> <p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="sb"><span id="v47-6-3-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070151/28993" class="vl vx vp">3 </a>In no way are we giving any cause for stumbling, so that no fault may be found with our ministry;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/133" data-bid="134-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v47-6-4-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070151/28994" class="vl vx vp study">4 </a>but in every way we recommend ourselves as God’s ministers,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/134" data-bid="135-1" class="b">+</a> by the endurance of much, by tribulations, by times of need, by difficulties,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/135" data-bid="136-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v47-6-5-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070151/28995" class="vl vx vp">5 </a>by beatings,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/136" data-bid="137-1" class="b">+</a> by imprisonments,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/137" data-bid="138-1" class="b">+</a> by riots, by hard work, by sleepless nights, by times without food;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/138" data-bid="139-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v47-6-6-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070151/28996" class="vl vx vp">6 </a>by purity, by knowledge, by patience,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/139" data-bid="140-1" class="b">+</a> by kindness,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/140" data-bid="141-1" class="b">+</a> by holy spirit, by love free from hypocrisy,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/141" data-bid="142-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v47-6-7-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070151/28997" class="vl vx vp study">7 </a>by truthful speech, by God’s power;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/142" data-bid="143-1" class="b">+</a> through the weapons of righteousness<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/143" data-bid="144-1" class="b">+</a> in the right hand and in the left, </span><span id="v47-6-8-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070151/28998" class="vl vx vp">8 </a>through glory and dishonor, through bad report and good report. We are regarded as deceivers and yet we are truthful, </span><span id="v47-6-9-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070151/28999" class="vl vx vp study">9 </a>as unknown and yet we are recognized, as dying and yet look! we live,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/144" data-bid="145-1" class="b">+</a> as punished<a id="footnotesource5" data-fnid="5" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070151/4">*</a> and yet not handed over to death,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/145" data-bid="146-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v47-6-10-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070151/29000" class="vl vx vp">10 </a>as sorrowing but ever rejoicing, as poor but making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/146" data-bid="147-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="sb"><span id="v47-6-11-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070151/29001" class="vl vx vp study">11 </a>We have opened our mouth to speak to you, Corinthians, and we have opened wide our heart. </span><span id="v47-6-12-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070151/29002" class="vl vx vp study">12 </a>We are not restricted in our affections for you,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/147" data-bid="148-1" class="b">+</a> but you are restricted in your own tender affections for us. </span><span id="v47-6-13-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070151/29003" class="vl vx vp study">13 </a>So in response—I speak as to my children—you too open your hearts wide.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/148" data-bid="149-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="sb"><span id="v47-6-14-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070151/29004" class="vl vx vp study">14 </a>Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/149" data-bid="150-1" class="b">+</a> For what fellowship do righteousness and lawlessness have?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/150" data-bid="151-1" class="b">+</a> Or what sharing does light have with darkness?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/151" data-bid="152-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v47-6-15-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070151/29005" class="vl vx vp study">15 </a>Further, what harmony is there between Christ and Beʹli·al?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/152" data-bid="153-1" class="b">+</a> Or what does a believer share in common with an unbeliever?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/153" data-bid="154-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v47-6-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070151/29006" class="vl vx vp study">16 </a>And what agreement does God’s temple have with idols?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/154" data-bid="155-1" class="b">+</a> For we are a temple of a living God;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/155" data-bid="156-1" class="b">+</a> just as God said: “I will reside among them<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/156" data-bid="157-1" class="b">+</a> and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/157" data-bid="158-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v47-6-17-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070151/29007" class="vl vx vp study">17 </a>“‘Therefore, get out from among them, and separate yourselves,’ says Jehovah, ‘and quit touching the unclean thing’”;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/158" data-bid="159-1" class="b">+</a> “‘and I will take you in.’”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/159" data-bid="160-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v47-6-18-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070151/29008" class="vl vx vp study">18 </a>“‘And I will become a father to you,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/160" data-bid="161-1" class="b">+</a> and you will become sons and daughters to me,’<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070151/161" data-bid="162-1" class="b">+</a> says 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