2 Corinthians 6–7

6We then, as ^aworkers together with him, ^bbeseech you also ^cthat ye receive not the grace of God in vain. ²(For he saith, ^dI have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: ^ebehold, now is the ^faccepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) ^3gGiving no offence in any thing, ^hthat the ministry be not blamed: ⁴But in all things ^†approving ourselves as ⁱthe ministers of God, ^kin much patience, in afflictions, in ^lmnecessities, ^min distresses, ⁵ⁿIn stripes, ⁿin imprisonments, ^||in tumults, ^noin labours, ^oin watchings, ^oin ^pfastings; ⁶By pureness, by knowledge, ^qby longsuffering, ^qby kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by ^rlove unfeigned, ⁷By ^sthe word of truth, by ^tthe power of God, by ^uthe ^warmour of righteousness ^xon the right hand and on the left, ⁸By honour and ^ydishonour, by evil report and good report: as ^zdeceivers, and yet true; ⁹As unknown, and yet ^awell known; ^bas dying, and, behold, we live; ^cas chastened, and not killed; ^10dAs sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; ^eas poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet ^fpossessing all things.

¹¹O ye ^gCorinthians, our mouth is open unto you, ^hour ⁱheart is enlarged. ¹²Ye are not ^kstraitened in us, but ^lye are ^kstraitened in your own bowels. ¹³Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto ^mmy children,) be ye also enlarged. ¹⁴ⁿBe ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for ^owhat fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and ^pwhat communion ^qhath light with darkness? ¹⁵And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? ¹⁶And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ^rye are the temple of ^sthe living God; as God hath said, ^tuI will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ¹⁷Wherefore ^xcome out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, ^18yAnd will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord ^zAlmighty.

7^aHaving therefore these promises, dearly beloved, ^blet us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of ^cthe flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

^2dReceive us; ^ewe have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have ^fdefrauded no man. ³I speak not this to condemn you: for ^gI have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you. ⁴Great is my ^hboldness of speech toward you, great is ⁱmy glorying of you: ^jI am filled with comfort, ^kI am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. ⁵For, ^lwhen we were come into Macedonia, ^lour flesh had no rest, but we were ^mtroubled on every side; ⁿwithout were fightings, within were fears. ⁶Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us ^oby the coming of ^lTitus; ⁷And not by his coming only, but ^kby the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your ^pearnest desire, ^qyour mourning, your ^rfervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more. ⁸For ^sthough I made you sorry with a letter, I do not ^trepent, ^ttthough I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but ^ufor a season. ⁹Now I rejoice, ^vnot that ye were made sorry, but ^vthat ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry ^||after a godly manner, that ye might ^wreceive damage by us in nothing. ¹⁰For ^qxgodly sorrow worketh ^yrepentance to salvation ^znot to be repented of: but ^athe sorrow of the world worketh death. ¹¹For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed ^bafter a godly sort, what ^ccarefulness it wrought in you, yea, what ^dclearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what ^efear, yea, what ^fvehement desire, yea, what ^fgzeal, yea, what ^grevenge! In all things ye have ^happroved yourselves to be clear ⁱin this matter. ¹²Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor ^kfor his cause that suffered wrong, ^lbut that our ^ccare for you in the sight of God might appear unto you. ¹³Therefore ^mwe were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of ^mTitus, because his spirit ⁿwas refreshed by you all. ¹⁴For ^oif I have boasted any thing to him of you, ^oI am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you ^pin truth, even so our boasting, which I made before ^mTitus, is found a truth. ¹⁵And his ^†inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth ^qthe obedience of you all, how with ^efear and trembling ye received him. ¹⁶I rejoice therefore that ^rI have confidence in you in all things.