16 What 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.’[a]

17 Therefore,

‘Come out from them
    and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
    and I will receive you.’[b]

18 And,

‘I will be a Father to you,
    and you will be my sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.’[c]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:16 Lev. 26:12; Jer. 32:38; Ezek. 37:27
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezek. 20:34,41
  3. 2 Corinthians 6:18 2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8