1909–14. The Second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians VI
[1 ] AND working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain [2 ] (for he saith, At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee, And in a day of salvation did I succor thee:
behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation): [3 ] giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed; [4 ] but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, 1 in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, [5 ] in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; [6 ] in pureness, in knowledge, in long suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned, [7 ] in the word of truth, in the power of God; by 2 the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, [8 ] by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; [9 ] as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; [10 ] as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. [11 ] Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged. [12 ] Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections. [13 ] Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged. [14 ] Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? [15 ] And what concord hath Christ with Belial? 3 or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever? [16 ] And what agreement hath a temple 4 of God with idols? for we are a temple 5 of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. [17 ] Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
[18 ] And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters,
saith the Lord Almighty.
