{"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/wnt/2-corinthians/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:12:16.653Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WNT","book":"2 Corinthians","bookSlug":"2-corinthians","chapter":6,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":5,"nextChapter":7,"totalChapters":13,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And you also we, as God's fellow workers, entreat not to be found to have received His grace to no purpose."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For He says, |At a time of welcome I have listened to you, and on a day of salvation I have succoured you.| Now is the time of loving welcome! Now is the day of salvation!"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"We endeavour to give people no cause for stumbling in anything, lest the work we are doing should fall into discredit."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"On the contrary, as God's servants, we seek their full approval--by unwearied endurance, by afflictions, by distress, by helplessness;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"by floggings, by imprisonments; by facing riots, by toil, by sleepless watching, by hunger and thirst;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"by purity of life, by knowledge, by patience, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"by the proclamation of the truth, by the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness, wielded in both hands;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"through honour and ignominy, through calumny and praise. We are looked upon as impostors and yet are true men;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"as obscure persons, and yet are well known; as on the point of death, and yet, strange to tell, we live; as under God's discipline, and yet we are not deprived of life;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"as sad, but we are always joyful; as poor, but we bestow wealth on many; as having nothing, and yet we securely possess all things."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"O Corinthians, our lips are unsealed to you: our heart is expanded."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"There is no narrowness in our love to you: the narrowness is in your own feelings."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And in just requital--I speak as to my children--let your hearts expand also."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Do not come into close association with unbelievers, like oxen yoked with asses. For what is there in common between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what partnership has light with darkness?"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Where can harmony between Christ and Belial be found? Or what participation has a believer with an unbeliever?"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And what compact has the Temple of God with idols? For *we* are the Temple of the  ever-living God; as God has said, |I will dwell among them, and walk about among them; and will be their God, and it is they who shall be My people.|"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Therefore, |'Come out from among them and separate yourselves,' says the Lord, 'and touch nothing impure; and I will receive you, and will be a Father to you,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"and you shall be My sons and daughters,' says the Lord the Ruler of all.|"}],"citation":{"inline":"2 Corinthians 6 (WNT)","markdown":"[2 Corinthians 6](https://primebible.com/wnt/2-corinthians/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WNT. https://primebible.com/wnt/2-corinthians/6 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}