{"book":"2 Corinthians","slug":"2-corinthians","ch":6,"genre":"poetry","sub":"2 Corinthians","prev":"2-corinthians/5","next":"2-corinthians/7","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[As] [God’s] fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.","f":["Literally Now working together"],"h":"Paul’s Hardships and God’s Grace","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"For He says:“ In the time of favor I heard you, and in [the] day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now [is the] time of favor; now [is the] day of salvation!","f":["Isaiah 49:8 (see also LXX)"],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"For He says:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ In the time of favor I heard you,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and in [the] day of salvation I helped you.”"},{"style":"reg","t":"Behold, now [is the] time of favor; now [is the] day of salvation!"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"We put no obstacle in [anyone’s] {way}, so that no one can discredit [our] ministry.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, [and] calamities;","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"in beatings, imprisonments, [and] riots; in labor, sleepless nights, [and] hunger;","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"in purity, knowledge, patience, [and] kindness; in [the] Holy Spirit [and] in sincere love;","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"in truthful speech [and] in [the] power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in [the] left;","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine;","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet {making} many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians. Our hearts are open wide.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"[It is] not our affection, [but] yours, that is restrained.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"[As] a fair exchange — I speak as to [my] children — open wide your [hearts] also.","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"{Do} not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership [can] righteousness [have with] wickedness? Or what fellowship [does] light [have] with darkness?","f":[],"h":"Do Not Be Unequally Yoked","style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"What harmony [is there between] Christ and Belial? Or what {does} a believer have in common with an unbeliever?","f":["Scrivener’s TR and PT; many Greek sources Beliar"]},{"v":16,"t":"What agreement [can exist] between the temple of God [and] idols? For we are [the] temple of [the] living God. As God has said:“ I will dwell with them and walk among [them], and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”","f":["Leviticus 26:12; Jeremiah 32:38; Ezekiel 37:27"],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"What agreement [can exist] between the temple of God [and] idols? For we are [the] temple of [the] living God. As God has said:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ I will dwell with them"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and walk among [them],"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and I will be their God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and they will be My people.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":17,"t":"“ Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says [the] Lord. Touch no unclean {thing}, and I will receive you.”","f":["Isaiah 52:11; see also Ezekiel 20:34, including LXX."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Therefore come out from among them"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and be separate, says [the] Lord."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Touch no unclean {thing},"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and I will receive you.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":18,"t":"And:“ I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says [the] Lord Almighty.”","f":["See 2 Samuel 7:14."],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"And:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ I will be a Father to you,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and you will be My sons and daughters,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"says [the] Lord Almighty.”"}],"style":"reg"}]}