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 constitutes "THE ACCEPTABLE TIME," behold, now has come "THE DAY OF SALVATION"--

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

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 has opened wide.

6:12   We have not restrained you, but you restrained yourselves 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 bind yourselves together with unbelievers; for what partnership does righteousness have with 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 make up the temple of the living God; just as God said, " I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL RULE AS THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BECOME MY PEOPLE.

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

6:18   "And I will become a father to you, And you shall become sons and daughters to Me,"