1We[G3870]then[G1161], as workers together[G4903] with him, beseech[G3870] you also[G2532] that ye[G5209]receive[G1209]not[G3361] the grace[G5485] of God[G2316]in[G1519]vain[G2756].
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(For[G1063] he saith[G3004], I have heard[G1873]thee[G4675]in[G1722] a time[G2540]accepted[G1184], and[G2532]in[G1722] the day[G2250] of salvation[G4991] have I succoured[G997]thee[G4671]: behold[G2400], now[G3568] is the accepted[G2144]time[G2540]; behold[G2400], now[G3568] is the day[G2250] of salvation[G4991].)
3Giving[G1325]no[G3367]offence[G4349]in[G1722] any thing[G3367], that[G3363] the ministry[G1248]be[G3469]not[G3363]blamed[G3469]:
4But[G235]in[G1722]all[G3956] things approving[G4921]ourselves[G1438]as[G5613] the ministers[G1249] of God[G2316], in[G1722]much[G4183]patience[G5281], in[G1722]afflictions[G2347], in[G1722]necessities[G318], in[G1722]distresses[G4730],
6By[G1722]pureness[G54], by[G1722]knowledge[G1108], by[G1722]longsuffering[G3115], by[G1722]kindness[G5544], by[G1722] the Holy[G40]Ghost[G4151], by[G1722]love[G26]unfeigned[G505],
7By[G1722] the word[G3056] of truth[G225], by[G1223] the power[G1411] of God[G2316], by[G1223] the armour[G3696] of righteousness[G1343] on the right hand[G1188]and[G2532] on the left[G710],
8By[G1223]honour[G1391]and[G2532]dishonour[G819], by[G1223] evil report[G1426]and[G2532] good report[G2162]: as[G5613]deceivers[G4108], and[G2532] yet true[G227];
9As[G5613]unknown[G50], and[G2532] yet well known[G1921]; as[G5613]dying[G599], and[G2532], behold[G2400], we live[G2198]; as[G5613]chastened[G3811], and[G2532]not[G3361]killed[G2289];
10As[G5613]sorrowful[G3076], yet[G1161]alway[G104]rejoicing[G5463]; as[G5613]poor[G4434], yet[G1161]making[G4148]many[G4183]rich[G4148]; as[G5613]having[G2192]nothing[G3367], and[G2532]yet[G1161]possessing[G2722] all things[G3956].
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O ye Corinthians[G2881], our[G2257]mouth[G4750] is open[G455]unto[G4314]you[G5209], our[G2257]heart[G2588] is enlarged[G4115].
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Ye are[G4729]not[G3756]straitened[G4729]in[G1722]us[G2254], but[G1161] ye are[G4729]straitened[G4729]in[G1722] your own[G5216]bowels[G4698].
13Now[G1161] for a recompence[G489] in the same,(I speak[G3004]as[G5613] unto my children[G5043],) be[G4115]ye[G5210]also[G2532]enlarged[G4115].
15And[G1161]what[G5101]concord[G4857] hath Christ[G5547]with[G4314]Belial?[G955]or[G2228]what[G5101]part[G3310] hath he that believeth[G4103]with[G3326] an infidel?[G571]
16And[G1161]what[G5101]agreement[G4783] hath the temple[G3485] of God[G2316]with[G3326]idols?[G1497]for[G1063]ye[G5210]are[G2075] the temple[G3485] of the living[G2198]God[G2316]; as[G2531]God[G2316] hath said[G2036], I will dwell[G1774]in[G1722]them[G846], and[G2532] walk in[G1704]them[G846]; and[G2532] I will be[G2071]their[G846]God[G2316], and[G2532]they[G846] shall be[G2071]my[G3427]people[G2992].
17Wherefore[G1352] come out[G1831]from[G1537]among[G3319]them[G846], and[G2532] be ye separate[G873], saith[G3004] the Lord[G2962], and[G2504]touch[G680]not[G3361] the unclean[G169] thing; and[G2504] I will receive[G1523]you[G5209],
18And[G2532] will be[G2071] a Father[G3962] unto you[G5213], and[G2532]ye[G5210] shall be[G1519]my[G3427]sons[G5207]and[G2532]daughters[G2364], saith[G3004] the Lord[G2962]Almighty[G3841].