6: 2 (for he saith, 60At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee, And in a day of salvation did I succor thee: behold, now is an acceptable time; behold, now is a day of salvation):
60Is. 49:8.
6: 3 giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that the ministration be not blamed;
6: 4 but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much 61patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
61Or, stedfastness,
6: 5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
6: 6 in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in a holy spirit, in love unfeigned,
6: 7 in the word of truth, in the power of God; 62by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
62Gk. through
6: 8 by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers and yet true;
6: 9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
6: 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
6: 11 Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, and our heart is enlarged.
6: 12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.
6: 13 Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged.
6: 14 Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?
6: 15 And what concord hath Christ with 63Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever?
63Gk. Beliar (Hb. Worthlessness)
6: 16 And what agreement hath a 64temple of God with idols? for 65we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, 66I will dwell in them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
64Or, sanctuary (ναος, temple house) (both times)
65So B 33 81 1175 copsa,bo. p46C and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., arm vg read ye are a temple ℵ* 1739 0243 almost alone read we are temples
66Lv 26:12; Ex 29:45; Ez 37:27; Jr 31:1.
6: 17 Wherefore 67Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
67Is 52:11.
6: 18 68And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
68Hos 1:10; Is 43:6.
