2 Corinthians 6

Berean Standard Bible · Compare translations · AD 55 – AD 56 · The early church · Tap a verse to copy, share or highlight ·

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Paulʼs Hardships and Godʼs Grace

¹As Godʼs fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive Godʼs grace in vain. ²For He says:

“In the time of favor I heard you,

and in the day of salvation I helped you.”

Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!

³We put no obstacle in anyoneʼs way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.

⁴Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities; ⁵in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger; ⁶in purity, knowledge, patience, and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; ⁷in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; ⁸through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine; ⁹as unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed; ¹⁰sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

¹¹We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians. Our hearts are open wide. ¹²It is not our affection, but yours, that is restrained. ¹³As a fair exchange-I speack as to myy children-open wide your hearts also.

Do Not Be Unequally Yoked

¹⁴Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? ¹⁵What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? ¹⁶What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

“I will dwell with them

and walk among them,

and I will be their God,

and they will be My people.”

¹⁷“Therefore come out from among them

and be separate, says the Lord.

Touch no unclean thing,

and I will receive you.”

¹⁸And:

“I will be a Father to you,

and you will be My sons and daughters,

says the Lord Almighty.”

Footnotes (6)

a v1 Literally Now working together
b v2 Isaiah 49:8(see also LXX)
c v15 Scrivenerʼs TR and GOC; many Greek sources Beliar
d v16 Leviticus 26:12; Jeremiah 32:38; Ezekiel 37:27
e v17 Isaiah 52:11; see also Ezekiel 20:34,including LXX.
f v18 See 2 Samuel 7:14.

Study notes on this chapter · 2

Prophecy & fulfillmentLinked by the New Testament

I will dwell among them and walk among them

God promises at Sinai to set his dwelling among Israel and walk among them. Paul applies this promise to the church at Corinth, calling them the temple of the living God, and strings it together with other promises, including the one to David's son in 2 Samuel 7:14.

When: Leviticus (Sinai era); 2 Corinthians, c. AD 55–56.

Original passageLeviticus 26:11–12Ezekiel 37:27

Where the New Testament applies it2 Corinthians 6:16–18

Editorial note by BibleWay. Interpretations vary; dates are approximate scholarly estimates.

Prophecy & fulfillmentLinked by the New Testament

Now is the day of salvation

Paul quotes Isaiah's promise that God answers his servant 'in the time of favor' and 'in the day of salvation', and says 'now' is that day. He applies the servant's words to the present moment of the gospel's proclamation.

When: Isaiah, c. 700–540 BC; 2 Corinthians, c. AD 55–56.

Original passageIsaiah 49:8

Where the New Testament applies it2 Corinthians 6:1–2