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II Corinthians 6, RSV

6:1 Working together with him, then, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain.

6:2 For he says, "At the acceptable time I have listened to you, and helped you on the day of salvation." Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

6:3 We put no obstacle in any one's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,

6:4 but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities,

6:5 beatings, imprisonments, tumults, labors, watching, hunger;

6:6 by purity, knowledge, forbearance, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love,

6:7 truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;

6:8 in honor and dishonor, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;

6:9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as punished, and yet not killed;

6:10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

6:11 Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide.

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

6:13 In return -- I speak as to children -- widen your hearts also.

6:14 Do not be mismated with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

6:15 What accord has Christ with Be'lial? Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?

6:16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will live in them and move among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

6:17 Therefore come out from them, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch nothing unclean; then I will welcome you,

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

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