| 1 | Working together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain, |
| 2 | for he says, "At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation. |
| 3 | We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed, |
| 4 | but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses, |
| 5 | in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; |
| 6 | in pureness, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love, |
| 7 | in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, |
| 8 | by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; |
| 9 | as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed; |
| 10 | as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. |
| 11 | Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged. |
| 12 | You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections. |
| 13 | Now in return, I speak as to my children, you also be open wide. |
| 14 | Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? |
| 15 | What agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever? |
| 16 | What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people." |
| 17 | Therefore, "'Come out from among them, and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you. |
| 18 | I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty." |
