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Now [because we]a are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
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For he says, "At the acceptable time I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now [is] the acceptable time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation!
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[We are] giving no one an occasion for taking offense in anything, in order that our ministry will not have fault found [with it],
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but commending ourselves as servants of God in every [way], in much endurance, in afflictions, in distresses, in difficulties,
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in beatings, in prisons, in disturbances, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in going hungry,
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in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love without hypocrisy,
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in the word of truth, in the power of God, with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and left hand,
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through glory and dishonor, through slander and good repute, [regarded] as deceivers and [yet] truthful,
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as unknown and [yet] known completely, as dying, and behold, we go on living, as disciplined, and [yet] not put to death,
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as grieving, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and possessing everything.
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{We have spoken freely and openly}b to you, Corinthians; our heart is open wide.
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You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your affections.
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Now the same [way] [in] exchange (I am speaking as to children), you open wide [your hearts] also.
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Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers, for what participation [is there between] righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship [does] light [have] with darkness?
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And what agreement [does] Christ [have] with Beliar? Or what share [does] a believer [have] with an unbeliever?
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And what agreement [does the] temple of God [have] with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, "I will live in them and will walk about [among them], and I will be their God and they will be my people."17
Therefore "come out from their midst and be separate," says the Lord, "and do not touch what is unclean,c and I will welcome you,d18
and I will be a father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me,"e says the all-powerful Lord.
Scripture quotations marked (LEB) are from the Lexham English Bible. Copyright 2012 Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software. (Lexham English Bible)
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