2 Corinthians 6:4–18

⁴but ^aas servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: ^bby great endurance, ^cin afflictions, ^dhardships, calamities, ^5ebeatings, imprisonments, ^friots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; ^6gby purity, ^hknowledge, patience, kindness, ⁱthe Holy Spirit, ^jgenuine love; ⁷by ^ktruthful speech, and ^lthe power of God; with ^mthe weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; ⁸through honor and dishonor, ⁿthrough slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; ⁹as unknown, and ^oyet well known; ^pas dying, and behold, we live; ^qas punished, and yet not killed; ^10ras sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; ^sas poor, yet making many rich; ^tas having nothing, ^uyet possessing everything.

¹¹We have spoken freely to you,¹ Corinthians; ^vour heart is wide open. ¹²You are not restricted by us, but ^wyou are restricted in your own affections. ^13xIn return (I speak ^yas to children) widen your hearts also.

The Temple of the Living God

^14zDo not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For ^awhat partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or ^bwhat fellowship has light with darkness? ^15cWhat accord has Christ with Belial?² Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? ¹⁶What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For ^dwe are the temple of the living God; as God said,

^e“I will make my dwelling among them and ^fwalk among them,

and ^gI will be their God,

and they shall be my people.

¹⁷Therefore ^hgo out from their midst,

and be separate from them, says the Lord,

and touch no unclean thing;

then I will welcome you,

¹⁸ⁱand I will be a father to you,

and you shall be sons and daughters to me,

says the Lord Almighty.”