2 Corinthians 6:15

2 Corinthians 6:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
• New International Version (NIV)What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
• English Standard Version (ESV)What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?
• New King James Version (NKJV)And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?

Context of 2 Corinthians 6:15

13I am speaking to you as I would speak to my own children. Be fair to us! Accept us as your friends, just as we have accepted you. 14Do not become united with people who do not believe in Christ. God has made you right with himself. Right and wrong cannot work together. Light and dark cannot join together. Christ will never agree with the Devil. People who believe in Christ are completely different from people who do not believe. 16Idols do not belong in God's house. Remember that we believers are the house of the God who lives for ever. This is what God has said: ‘I will make my home with them and I will live among them. I will be their God and they will be my people.’ 17And so, the Lord says: ‘Come out from among them and be separate. Do not touch anything that is disgusting. Then I will accept you.’

2 Corinthians 6:15 word by word

τίς δὲ συμφώνησις Χριστοῦ πρὸς Βελιάρ; ἢ τίς μερὶς πιστῷ μετὰ ἀπίστου;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• concordσυμφώνησιςsumphonēsis · harmonyG4857
• hath ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• withπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• BelialΒελίαλBelial · BelialG955
• orἤē · orG2228
• partμερίςmeris · partG3310
• hath he that believethπιστόςpistos · faithfulG4103
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• an infidelἄπιστοςapistos · unbelievingG571

Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 6:15

• 1 Samuel 5:2They carried it into the temple of Dagon, their god. They put the box next to the idol of Dagon.
• 1 Kings 18:21Elijah stood up in front of the people and he said, ‘You must now decide who to worship! If the Lord is the true God, worship him. But if Baal is God, worship him.’ But the people said nothing.
• 1 Corinthians 10:20But the people who offer food to idols are worshipping demons. They are not worshipping God when they do that. I do not want you to share in what they do to worship demons.
• Ezra 4:3But Zerubbabel, Jeshua and the other leaders of Israel's people said, ‘No. You cannot help us to build the temple for our God. We must build it by ourselves for the Lord, Israel's God. That is what Cyrus, king of Persia, has commanded us to do.’
• Mark 16:16If a person believes in me, then you should baptize that person. And God will save that person. But if a person does not believe, God will judge that person to be guilty.
• Acts 8:20Peter answered Simon, ‘I pray that God will destroy you and your money! You think that you can buy this gift with your money! It is very wrong for you to think that. It is God who gives that gift.
• 1 John 5:11This is what God has told us: God has given us life with him that never ends. We receive this life when we believe in his Son, Jesus.
• 1 Timothy 5:8Every believer must take care of his own family. Certainly, he must do that for the people who live with him in his home. If anyone does not do that, it shows that he has refused God's true message. That person is worse than someone who does not believe in Christ.

Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 6:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15And what concord - ( ́ sumphōnēsis). Sympathy, unison. This word refers properly to the unison or harmony produced by musical instruments, where there is a chord. What accordance, what unison is there; what strings are there which being struck will produce a chord or harmony? The idea is, then, there is as much that is discordant between Christ and Belial as there is between instruments of music that produce only discordant and jarring sounds. Hath…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-18Verses 11-18 It is wrong for believers to join with the wicked and profane. The word unbeliever applies to all destitute of true faith. True pastors will caution their beloved children in the gospel, not to be unequally yoked. The fatal effects of neglecting Scripture precepts as to marriages clearly appear. Instead of a help meet, the union brings a snare. Those whose cross it is to be unequally united, without their wilful fault, may expect consolation…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15Belial: This Hebrew word means "worthless" or "good-for-nothing." During the time between the Old and New Testaments, people used it as a name for Satan.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. Belial--Hebrew, "worthlessness, unprofitableness, wickedness." As Satan is opposed to God, and Antichrist to Christ; Belial being here opposed to Christ, must denounce all manner of Antichristian uncleanness [Bengel]. he that believeth with an infidel--Translate, "a believer with an unbeliever."Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Corinthians 6:15

• Belial
• Church
• Communion
• Company
• Fellowship
• Holiness
• Satan
• Unbelief

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• Christ, Messiah
• Agreement
• Belial
• Care
• Cause
• Communion
• Concord
• Corinthians, Second Epistle to the
• Faithful

Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings