GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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14 Stop forming inappropriate relationships with unbelievers. Can right and wrong be partners? Can light have anything in common with darkness?
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Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
15 Can Christ agree with the devil? Can a believer share life with an unbeliever?
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What harmony is there between Christ and Belial ? Or what does a believer have in common 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."
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What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and 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."
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Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
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