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2 Corinthians 6 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:1 - As God’s partners,[fn] we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God’s kindness and then ignore it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:2 - For God says,
“At just the right time, I heard you.
On the day of salvation, I helped you.”[fn] Indeed, the “right time” is now. Today is the day of salvation.
Paul’s Hardships

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:3 - We live in such a way that no one will stumble because of us, and no one will find fault with our ministry.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:4 - In everything we do, we show that we are true ministers of God. We patiently endure troubles and hardships and calamities of every kind.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:5 - We have been beaten, been put in prison, faced angry mobs, worked to exhaustion, endured sleepless nights, and gone without food.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:6 - We prove ourselves by our purity, our understanding, our patience, our kindness, by the Holy Spirit within us,[fn] and by our sincere love.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:7 - We faithfully preach the truth. God’s power is working in us. We use the weapons of righteousness in the right hand for attack and the left hand for defense.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:8 - We serve God whether people honor us or despise us, whether they slander us or praise us. We are honest, but they call us impostors.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:9 - We are ignored, even though we are well known. We live close to death, but we are still alive. We have been beaten, but we have not been killed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:10 - Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, and yet we have everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:11 - Oh, dear Corinthian friends! We have spoken honestly with you, and our hearts are open to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:12 - There is no lack of love on our part, but you have withheld your love from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:13 - I am asking you to respond as if you were my own children. Open your hearts to us!
The Temple of the Living God

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:14 - Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:15 - What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil[fn]? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:16 - And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said:
“I will live in them
and walk among them.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:17 - Therefore, come out from among unbelievers,
and separate yourselves from them, says the LORD.
Don’t touch their filthy things,
and I will welcome you.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:18 - And I will be your Father,
and you will be my sons and daughters,
says the LORD Almighty.[fn]”
See the NLT Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
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Or As we work together.
Isa 49:8 (Greek version).
Or by our holiness of spirit.
Greek Beliar; various other manuscripts render this proper name of the devil as Belian, Beliab, or Belial.
Lev 26:12; Ezek 37:27.
Isa 52:11; Ezek 20:34 (Greek version).
2 Sam 7:14.
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