2 Corinthians 6:4-18 — Legacy Standard Bible

⁴but in everything ^acommending ourselves as ^bministers of God, ^cin much perseverance, in afflictions, in distresses, in hardships, ⁵in ^abeatings, in imprisonments, in ^bdisturbances, in labors, in sleeplessness, in ^chunger, ⁶in purity, in ^aknowledge, in ^bpatience, in kindness, in the ^cHoly Spirit, in ^dunhypocritical love, ⁷in ^athe word of truth, in ^bthe power of God; by ^cthe weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left, ⁸by glory and ^adishonor, by ^bevil report and good report; regarded as ^cdeceivers and yet ^dtrue; ⁹as unknown and yet well-known, as ^adying and yet behold, ^bwe live; as ¹punished and yet not put to death, ¹⁰as ^asorrowful but always ^brejoicing, as ^cpoor but making many rich, as ^dhaving nothing and yet possessing ^eall things.

¹¹^aOur mouth ¹has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our ^bheart is opened wide. ¹²You are not restrained ¹by us, but ^ayou are restrained in your own ²affections. ¹³Now in a like ^aexchange—I speak as to ^bchildren—open wide to us also.

¹⁴^aDo not be unequally yoked with ^bunbelievers; for what ^cpartnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? ¹⁵Or what ^aharmony has Christ with ¹Belial, or ²what has a ^bbeliever in common with an ^cunbeliever? ¹⁶Or ^awhat agreement has a ¹sanctuary of God with idols? For we are ^ba sanctuary of ^cthe living God; just as God said, “^dI will ^edwell in them and ^fwalk among them;And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

¹⁷“^aTherefore, ^bcome out from their midst and be separate,” says the ¹Lord.“And do not touch what is unclean,And I will welcome you.¹⁸“^aAnd I will be a father to you,And you shall be ^bsons and daughters to Me,”says the ¹Lord Almighty.