2 Corinthians 6

¹Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.²For he says,

“In a favorable time I listened to you,

and in a day of salvation I have helped you.”

Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. ³We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,⁴but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities,⁵beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger;⁶by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love;⁷by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;⁸through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;⁹as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed;¹⁰as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.

¹¹We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open.¹²You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections.¹³In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also.

The Temple of the Living God

¹⁴Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?¹⁵What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?¹⁶What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said,

“I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them,

and I will be their God,

and they shall be my people.

¹⁷Therefore go out from their midst,

and be separate from them, says the Lord,

and touch no unclean thing;

then I will welcome you,

¹⁸and I will be a father to you,

and you shall be sons and daughters to me,

says the Lord Almighty.”