2 Corinthians

¹ And working together with Him, we also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain—

² And on the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is “the acceptable time,” behold, now is “the day of salvation”—

³ giving no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited,

⁴ but in everything commending ourselves as ministers of God, in much perseverance, in afflictions, in distresses, in hardships,

⁵ in beatings, in imprisonments, in disturbances, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger,

⁶ in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in unhypocritical love,

⁷ in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left,

⁸ by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; regarded as deceivers and yet true;

⁹ as unknown and yet well-known, as dying and yet behold, we live; as punished and yet not put to death,

¹⁰ as sorrowful but always rejoicing, as poor but making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.

¹¹ Our mouth has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our heart is opened wide.

¹² You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections.

¹³ Now in a like exchange—I speak as to children—open wide to us also.

¹⁴ Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?

¹⁵ Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?

¹⁶ And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

¹⁷ “And do not touch what is unclean, And I will welcome you.

¹⁸ And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,” says the Lord Almighty.