2 Corinthians 6:1-18
6 As co-workers however we also beseech That not in vain the favour of God ye welcome;
2 For he saith—In an approved season have I hearkened unto thee, And in a day of salvation have succoured thee;—Lo! now a well-approved season, Lo! now a day of salvation:
3 Giving no single occasion of stumbling in anything, That the ministry be not blamed;
4 But in everything commending ourselves as God’s ministers,—In much endurance, in tribulations, in necessities, in straits,
5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in toilings, in watchings, in fastings,
6 in sanctity, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in graciousness, in Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,
7 in discourse of truth, in power of God; Through the weapons of righteousness on the right hand and left,
8 through glory and dishonour, through bad report and good report; As deceivers and yet true,
9 as unknown and yet well-known, as dying and lo! we live, as disciplined, and yet not put to death,
10 as grieving yet ever rejoicing, as destitute yet making many rich, as holding nothing, and yet firmly holding all things.
11 Our mouth is opened unto you, O Corinthians! Our heart hath become enlarged:
12 Ye are not straitened in us But are straitened in your hearts’ affections;
13 Howbeit by way of the like recompense—as unto children I speak Be enlarged even ye.
14 Be not getting diversely yoked with unbelievers; For what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Beliar? Or what part hath a believer with an unbeliever?
16 And what agreement hath a shrine of God with idols? For we are [the] shrine of a God that liveth:—Even as God hath said—I will dwell in them and walk, And will be their God And they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come ye forth out of their midst And be separated,—saith [the] Lord,—And one impure do not touch; And I will give you welcome,
18 And will become your Father And ye shall become my sons and daughters, Saith [the] Lord Almighty.