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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 NET Bible</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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="../">NET Bible</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">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/2_corinthians/6.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">God’s Suffering Servants</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For he says, “<i><b>I heard you at the acceptable time</b>, <b>and in the day of salvation I helped you</b></i>.” Look, now is <b><i>the acceptable time</i></b>; look, now is <b><i>the day of salvation</i></b>! <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>We do not give anyone an occasion for taking an offense in anything, so that no fault may be found with our ministry. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But as God’s servants, we have commended ourselves in every way, with great endurance, in persecutions, in difficulties, in distresses, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by benevolence, by the Holy Spirit, by genuine love, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>by truthful teaching, by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness both for the right hand and for the left, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>through glory and dishonor, through slander and praise; regarded as impostors, and yet true; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying and yet – see! – we continue to live; as those who are scourged and yet not executed; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Our affection for you is not restricted, but you are restricted in your affections for us. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Now as a fair exchange – I speak as to my children – open wide your hearts to us also.</p> <p class="title">Unequal Partners</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And what agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what does a believer share in common with an unbeliever? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, “<b><i>I will live in them</i></b> <i><b>and will walk among them</b>, <b>and I will be their God</b>, <b>and they will be my people</b></i>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore “<i><b>come out from their midst</b>, <b>and be separate</b></i>,” says the Lord, “<i><b>and touch no unclean thing</b>,</i> <i>and I will welcome</i> <i>you</i>, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><i>and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters</i>,” says the All-Powerful Lord.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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