| 1 | And we helping do exhort you, that you receive not the grace of God in vain. |
| 2 | For he saith: In an accepted time have I heard thee; and in the day of salvation have I helped thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. |
| 3 | Giving no offence to any man, that our ministry be not blamed: |
| 4 | But in all things let us exhibit ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in tribulation, in necessities, in distresses, |
| 5 | In stripes, in prisons, in seditions, in labours, in watchings, in fastings, |
| 6 | In chastity, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in sweetness, in the Holy Ghost, in charity unfeigned, |
| 7 | In the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armour of justice on the right hand and on the left; |
| 8 | By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet known; |
| 9 | As dying, and behold we live; as chastised, and not killed; |
| 10 | As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as needy, yet enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things. |
| 11 | Our mouth is open to you, O ye Corinthians, our heart is enlarged. |
| 12 | You are not straitened in us, but in your own bowels you are straitened. |
| 13 | But having the same recompense, (I speak as to my children,) be you also enlarged. |
| 14 | Bear not the yoke with unbelievers. For what participation hath justice with injustice? Or what fellowship hath light with darkness? |
| 15 | And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath the faithful with the unbeliever? |
| 16 | And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God; as God saith: I will dwell in them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. |
| 17 | Wherefore, Go out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing: |
| 18 | And I will receive you; and I will be a Father to you; and you shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. |
