{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/wbt/2-corinthians/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T04:42:19.281Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WBT","book":"2 Corinthians","bookSlug":"2-corinthians","chapter":6,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":5,"nextChapter":7,"totalChapters":13,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"We then, as co-workers with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Giving no offense in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"By pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by love unfeigned,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open to you, our heart is enlarged."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Now for a recompense in the same (I speak as to my children,) be ye also enlarged."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And I will be a Father to you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 Corinthians 6 (WBT)","markdown":"[2 Corinthians 6](https://primebible.com/wbt/2-corinthians/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WBT. https://primebible.com/wbt/2-corinthians/6 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}