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As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
Their Ministry Commended
And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain —
And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain —
for He says,
“AT THE ACCEPTABLE TIME I LISTENED TO YOU,
AND ON THE DAY OF SALVATION I HELPED YOU.”
Behold, now is “THE ACCEPTABLE TIME,” behold, now is “THE DAY OF SALVATION” —
“AT THE ACCEPTABLE TIME I LISTENED TO YOU,
AND ON THE DAY OF SALVATION I HELPED YOU.”
Behold, now is “THE ACCEPTABLE TIME,” behold, now is “THE DAY OF SALVATION” —
Paul’s Hardships
We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited.
We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited.
giving no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited,
Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses;
but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger;
in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger,
in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;
in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love,
in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left,
through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors;
by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; regarded as deceivers and yet true;
known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed;
as unknown yet well-known, as dying yet behold, we live; as punished yet not put to death,
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things.
We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you.
Our mouth has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our heart is opened wide.
We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us.
You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections.
As a fair exchange — I speak as to my children — open wide your hearts also.
Now in a like exchange — I speak as to children — open wide to us also.
Warning Against Idolatry
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?
Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?
Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said,
“I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM;
AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
“I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM;
AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
“Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE,” says the Lord.
“AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN;
And I will welcome you.
“AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN;
And I will welcome you.