6:1  We then, working together with Him, are also exhorting you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

6:2  (For He says, "In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you." Behold, now is an acceptable time. Behold, now is a day of salvation.)

6:3  We do not give offense to anyone in anything, so that the ministry may not be blamed;

6:4  But in everything we are confirming ourselves as servants of God, in much endurance, in tribulation, in necessities, in distresses,

6:5  In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings,

6:6  In pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,

6:7  In the Word of truth, in the power of God; through the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

6:8  Through glory and dishonor, through evil report and good report, as deceivers and true,

6:9  As unknown and well known; as dying, but behold, we are alive; as chastened, but not put to death;

6:10  As sorrowful, but always rejoicing; as poor, but enriching many; as having nothing, yet possessing all things.

6:11  O you Corinthians! Our mouths have been opened to you, and our hearts have been enlarged toward you.

6:12  You are not suppressed by us, but you are restricted in your own hearts;

6:13  Now in return for our ministry to you (I am speaking to you as to children), you should also enlarge your hearts toward us.

6:14  Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and lawlessness have in common? And what fellowship does light have with darkness?

6:15  And what union does Christ have with Belial? Or what part does a believer have with an unbeliever?

6:16  And what agreement is there between a temple of God and idols? For you are a temple of the living God, exactly as God said: "I will dwell in them and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

6:17  Therefore, come out from the midst of them and be separate," says the Lord, "and touch not the unclean, and I will receive you;

6:18  And I shall be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters," says the Lord Almighty.