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?
• 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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever?

Context of 2 Corinthians 6:15

13As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open wide your hearts also. 14Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.” 17Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive 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 5:2Then they carried the ark into Dagon’s temple and set it beside Dagon.
• 1 Kings 18:21Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing.
• 1 Corinthians 10:20No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons.
• Ezra 4:3But Zerubbabel, Joshua and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel answered, “You have no part with us in building a temple to our God. We alone will build it for the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, commanded us.”
• Mark 16:16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
• Acts 8:20Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
• 1 John 5:11And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
• 1 Timothy 5:8Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

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