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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>2 Corinthians 6 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_corinthians/6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_corinthians/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > 2 Corinthians 6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_corinthians/5.htm" title="2 Corinthians 5">◄</a> 2 Corinthians 6 <a href="../2_corinthians/7.htm" title="2 Corinthians 7">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/2_corinthians/6.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For he says,</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="ln-group">“In a favorable time I listened to you,</span><br /><span class="indent">and in a day of salvation I have helped you.”</span></p><p class="same-paragraph">Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>We have spoken freely to you,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek Our mouth is open to you">a</a></sup></span> Corinthians; our heart is wide open. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also.</p> <p class="heading">The Temple of the Living God</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>What accord has Christ with Belial?<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek Beliar">b</a></sup></span> Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said,</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="ln-group">“I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them,</span><br /><span class="indent">and I will be their God,</span><br /><span class="indent">and they shall be my people.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Therefore go out from their midst,</span><br /><span class="indent">and be separate from them, says the Lord,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and touch no unclean thing;</span><br /><span class="indent">then I will welcome you,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">and I will be a father to you,</span><br /><span class="indent">and you shall be sons and daughters to me,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">says the Lord Almighty.”</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Greek <i>Our mouth is open to you</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> Greek <i>Beliar</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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