New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Corinthians 6:4-18

4but in everything 1commending ourselves as 2 3servants of God, 4in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses, 5in 5beatings, in imprisonments, in 6tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in 7hunger, 6in purity, in 8knowledge, in 9patience, in kindness, in the 10Holy Spirit, in 11genuine love, 7in 12the word of truth, in 13the power of God; by 14the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left, 8by glory and 15dishonor, by 16evil report and good report; regarded as 17deceivers and yet 18true; 9as unknown 19yet well-known, as 20dying 21yet behold, 22we live; as 23punished 24yet not put to death, 10as 25sorrowful yet always 26rejoicing, as 27poor yet making many rich, as 28having nothing 29yet possessing 30all things.

11 31Our mouth 32has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our 33heart is opened wide. 12You are not restrained 34by us, but 35you are restrained in your own 36affections. 13Now in a like 37exchange--I speak as to 38children--open wide to us also.

14 39Do not be 40bound together with 41unbelievers; for what 42partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15Or what 43harmony has Christ with 44Belial, or 45what has a 46believer in common with an 47unbeliever? 16Or 48what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are 49the temple of 50the living God; just as God said, “51I will 52dwell in them and 53walk among them; And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.17 54Therefore, 55come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord. “And do not touch what is unclean; And I will welcome you.18 56And I will be a father to you, And you shall be 57sons and daughters to Me,” Says the Lord Almighty.

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Notes

1. 2 Corinthians 6:4 Rom 3:5 ↩
2. 2 Corinthians 6:4 Or ministers ↩
3. 2 Corinthians 6:4 1 Cor 3:5; 2 Tim 2:24f ↩
4. 2 Corinthians 6:4 Acts 9:16; 2 Cor 4:8-11; 6:4ff; 11:23-27; 12:10 ↩
5. 2 Corinthians 6:5 Acts 16:23 ↩
6. 2 Corinthians 6:5 Acts 19:23ff ↩
7. 2 Corinthians 6:5 1 Cor 4:11 ↩
8. 2 Corinthians 6:6 1 Cor 12:8; 2 Cor 11:6 ↩
9. 2 Corinthians 6:6 2 Cor 1:23; 2:10; 13:10 ↩
10. 2 Corinthians 6:6 1 Cor 2:4; 1 Thess 1:5 ↩
11. 2 Corinthians 6:6 Rom 12:9 ↩
12. 2 Corinthians 6:7 2 Cor 2:17; 4:2 ↩
13. 2 Corinthians 6:7 1 Cor 2:5 ↩
14. 2 Corinthians 6:7 Rom 13:12; 2 Cor 10:4; Eph 6:11ff ↩
15. 2 Corinthians 6:8 1 Cor 4:10 ↩
16. 2 Corinthians 6:8 Rom 3:8; 1 Cor 4:13; 2 Cor 12:16 ↩
17. 2 Corinthians 6:8 Matt 27:63 ↩
18. 2 Corinthians 6:8 2 Cor 1:18; 4:2; 1 Thess 2:3f ↩
19. 2 Corinthians 6:9 Lit and ↩
20. 2 Corinthians 6:9 Rom 8:36 ↩
21. 2 Corinthians 6:9 Lit and ↩
22. 2 Corinthians 6:9 2 Cor 1:8, 10; 4:11 ↩
23. 2 Corinthians 6:9 Or disciplined ↩
24. 2 Corinthians 6:9 Lit and ↩
25. 2 Corinthians 6:10 John 16:22; 2 Cor 7:4; Phil 2:17; 4:4; Col 1:24; 1 Thess 1:6 ↩
26. 2 Corinthians 6:10 John 16:22; 2 Cor 7:4; Phil 2:17; 4:4; Col 1:24; 1 Thess 1:6 ↩
27. 2 Corinthians 6:10 1 Cor 1:5; 2 Cor 8:9 ↩
28. 2 Corinthians 6:10 Acts 3:6 ↩
29. 2 Corinthians 6:10 Lit and ↩
30. 2 Corinthians 6:10 Rom 8:32; 1 Cor 3:21 ↩
31. 2 Corinthians 6:11 Ezek 33:22; Eph 6:19 ↩
32. 2 Corinthians 6:11 Lit is open to you ↩
33. 2 Corinthians 6:11 Is 60:5; 2 Cor 7:3 ↩
34. 2 Corinthians 6:12 Or in us ↩
35. 2 Corinthians 6:12 2 Cor 7:2 ↩
36. 2 Corinthians 6:12 Lit inward parts ↩
37. 2 Corinthians 6:13 Gal 4:12 ↩
38. 2 Corinthians 6:13 1 Cor 4:14 ↩
39. 2 Corinthians 6:14 Deut 22:10; 1 Cor 5:9f ↩
40. 2 Corinthians 6:14 Lit unequally yoked ↩
41. 2 Corinthians 6:14 1 Cor 6:6 ↩
42. 2 Corinthians 6:14 Eph 5:7, 11; 1 John 1:6 ↩
43. 2 Corinthians 6:15 1 Cor 10:21 ↩
44. 2 Corinthians 6:15 Gr Beliar ↩
45. 2 Corinthians 6:15 Lit what part has a believer with an unbeliever ↩
46. 2 Corinthians 6:15 Acts 5:14; 1 Pet 1:21 ↩
47. 2 Corinthians 6:15 1 Cor 6:6 ↩
48. 2 Corinthians 6:16 1 Cor 10:21 ↩
49. 2 Corinthians 6:16 1 Cor 3:16; 6:19 ↩
50. 2 Corinthians 6:16 Matt 16:16 ↩
51. 2 Corinthians 6:16 Ex 29:45; Lev 26:12; Jer 31:1; Ezek 37:27 ↩
52. 2 Corinthians 6:16 Ex 25:8; John 14:23 ↩
53. 2 Corinthians 6:16 Rev 2:1 ↩
54. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Is 52:11 ↩
55. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Rev 18:4 ↩
56. 2 Corinthians 6:18 2 Sam 7:14; 1 Chr 17:13; Is 43:6; Hos 1:10 ↩
57. 2 Corinthians 6:18 Rom 8:14 ↩

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