2 Corinthians 6

Evangelical Heritage Version

6 As fellow workers we also urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. ² For he says:

Look, now is the favorable time! See, now is the day of salvation!

³ We are giving no one a reason to stumble in any way, so that our ministry will not be blamed. ⁴ Rather, in every way we show ourselves to be God’s ministers: in great endurance, in troubles, in hardships, in difficulties, ⁵ in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in hard work, in sleepless nights, in times of hunger; ⁶ in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love, ⁷ in the word of truth, in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness on the right and on the left; ⁸ through glory and dishonor, through bad report and good report; treated as deceivers yet being honest, ⁹ treated as unknown and yet being well known; as dying, and yet look—we live; as punished yet not put to death; ¹⁰ as grieving yet always rejoicing; as poor yet making many rich; as having nothing yet possessing everything.

¹¹ We have spoken to you openly,^[b] Corinthians. Our heart is standing wide open. ¹² We have plenty of room for you, but you do not have room for us in your affections. ¹³ I am speaking as to my children: In exchange, open your hearts wide too.

Do Not Be Yoked With Unbelievers

¹⁴ Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what partnership does righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? ¹⁵ And what agreement does Christ have with Belial?^[c] Or what does a believer share in common with an unbeliever? ¹⁶ And what mutual agreement does God’s temple have with idols? For you^[d] are the temple of the living God, just as God said: