2 Corinthians 6

1As we work together with him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

2For he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you, and on a day of salvation I helped you.” Look, now is the truly acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation.

3We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that our ministry will not be discredited.

4Instead, in every way we commend ourselves as servants of God: through great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,

5in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in sleepless nights, in hunger,

6by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love,

7by the word of truth, by the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;

8through glory and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as deceivers, and yet we are true;

9as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and look, 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 openly 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 my children—open wide your hearts too.

14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership do righteousness and lawlessness have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

15What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what does a believer share with an unbeliever?

16What agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said, “I will live in them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”

17Therefore, “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch nothing unclean, and I will welcome you,

18and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”