[1] And also working together we call on [you] that you do not receive the grace of God in vain— [2] for He says, “In an acceptable time I heard you, and in a day of salvation I helped you, behold, now [is] a well-accepted time; behold, now, a day of salvation.” [3] In nothing giving any cause of offense, that the ministry may not be blamed, [4] but in everything recommending ourselves as God’s servants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses, [5] in stripes, in imprisonments, in insurrections, in labors, in watchings, in fastings, [6] in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in unhypocritical love, [7] in the word of truth, in the power of God, through the armor of righteousness, on the right and on the left, [8] through glory and dishonor, through evil report and good report, as leading astray, and true; [9] as unknown, and recognized; as dying, and behold, we live; as disciplined, and not put to death; [10] as sorrowful, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things. [11] Our mouth has been open to you, O Corinthians, our heart has been enlarged! [12] You are not restricted in us, and you are restricted in your [own] yearnings, [13] and [as] a repayment of the same kind (as to children I say [it]), be enlarged—also you! [14] Do not become yoked with others—unbelievers, for what partaking [is there] to righteousness and lawlessness? [15] And what fellowship to light with darkness? And what concord to Christ with Belial? Or what part to a believer with an unbeliever? [16] And what agreement to the temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God, according as God said, “I will dwell in them, and will walk among [them], and I will be their God, and they will be My people, [17] for this reason, come forth out of the midst of them, and be separated, says the LORD, and do not touch an unclean thing, and I will receive you, [18] and I will be for a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to Me, says the LORD Almighty.”
