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2 Corinthians 6

Common English Bible CEB

1 Since we work together with him, we are also begging you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

2 He says, I listened to you at the right time, and I helped you on the day of salvation. Look, now is the right time! Look, now is the day of salvation!

3 We don't give anyone any reason to be offended about anything so that our ministry won't be criticized.

4 Instead, we commend ourselves as ministers of God in every way. We did this with our great endurance through problems, disasters, and stressful situations.

5 We went through beatings, imprisonments, and riots. We experienced hard work, sleepless nights, and hunger.

6 We displayed purity, knowledge, patience, and generosity. We served with the Holy Spirit, genuine love,

7 telling the truth, and God's power. We carried the weapons of righteousness in our right hand and our left hand.

8 We were treated with honor and dishonor and with verbal abuse and good evaluation. We were seen as both fake and real,

9 as unknown and well known, as dying—and look, we are alive! We were seen as punished but not killed,

10 as going through pain but always happy, as poor but making many rich, and as having nothing but owning everything.

11 Corinthians, we have spoken openly to you, and our hearts are wide open.

12 There are no limits to the affection that we feel for you. You are the ones who placed boundaries on your affection for us.

13 But as a fair trade—I'm talking to you like you are children—open your hearts wide too.

14 Don't be tied up as equal partners with people who don't believe. What does righteousness share with that which is outside the Law? What relationship does light have with darkness?

15 What harmony does Christ have with Satan? What does a believer have in common with someone who doesn't believe?

16 What agreement can there be between God's temple and idols? Because we are the temple of the living God. Just as God said, I live with them, and I will move among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

17 Therefore, come out from among them and be separated, says the Lord. Don't touch what is unclean. Then I will welcome you.

18 I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 Since we are God's coworkers, we urge you not to let God's kindness be wasted on you.

2 God says, "At the right time I heard you. On the day of salvation I helped you." Listen, now is God's acceptable time! Now is the day of salvation!

3 We don't give people any opportunity to find fault with how we serve.

4 Instead, our lives demonstrate that we are God's servants. We have endured many things: suffering, distress, anxiety,

5 beatings, imprisonments, riots, hard work, sleepless nights, and lack of food.

6 [People can see] our purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit's presence [in our lives], our sincere love,

7 truthfulness, and the presence of God's power. We demonstrate that we are God's servants

8 as we are praised and dishonored, as we are slandered and honored, and as we use what is right to attack what is wrong and to defend the truth. We are treated as dishonest although we are honest,

9 as unknown although we are well-known, as dying although, as you see, we go on living. We are punished, but we are not killed.

10 People think we are sad although we're always glad, that we're beggars although we make many people spiritually rich, that we have nothing although we possess everything.

11 We have been very open in speaking to you Corinthians. We have a place for you in our hearts.

12 We haven't cut you off. Your own emotions have cut you off [from us].

13 I'm talking to you as I would talk to children. Treat us the same way we've treated you. Make a place for us in your hearts too.

14 Stop forming inappropriate relationships with unbelievers. Can right and wrong be partners? Can light have anything in common with darkness?

15 Can Christ agree with the devil? Can a believer share life with an unbeliever?

16 Can God's temple contain false gods? Clearly, we are the temple of the living God. As God said, "I will live and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people."

17 The Lord says, "Get away from unbelievers. Separate yourselves from them. Have nothing to do with anything unclean. Then I will welcome you."

18 The Lord Almighty says, "I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters."