2 Corinthians 6

Afflictions of God’s Servants

18 verses

2 Corinthians 6:1

Afflictions of God’s Servants

And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain

2 Corinthians 6:2

(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):

2 Corinthians 6:3

giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed;

2 Corinthians 6:4

but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

2 Corinthians 6:5

in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

2 Corinthians 6:6

in pureness, in knowledge, in long suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,

2 Corinthians 6:7

in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

2 Corinthians 6:8

by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

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as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

2 Corinthians 6:10

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

2 Corinthians 6:11

Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.

2 Corinthians 6:12

Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.

2 Corinthians 6:13

Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged.

2 Corinthians 6:14

Do Not Become Unevenly Yoked with Unbelievers

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

2 Corinthians 6:15

And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever?

2 Corinthians 6:16

And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple 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.

2 Corinthians 6:17

Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,

2 Corinthians 6:18

And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.