6:1  And working together {with Him,} we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain--

6:2  for He says, "AT THE ACCEPTABLE TIME I LISTENED TO YOU, AND ON THE DAY OF SALVATION I HELPED YOU. Behold, now is "THE ACCEPTABLE TIME," behold, now is "THE DAY OF SALVATION"--"

6:3  giving no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited,

6:4  but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,

6:5  in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger,

6:6  in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love,

6:7  in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left,

6:8  by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; {regarded} as deceivers and yet true;

6:9  as unknown yet well-known, as dying yet behold, we live; as punished yet not put to death,

6:10  as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things.

6:11  Our mouth has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our heart is opened wide.

6:12  You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections.

6:13  Now in a like exchange--I speak as to children--open wide {to us} also.

6:14  Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?

6:15  Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?

6:16  Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, "I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.

6:17  "Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE, says the Lord. "AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN; And I will welcome you."

6:18  "And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me, Says the Lord Almighty."