1And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain

2(for he saith, At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee,
And in a day of salvation did I succor thee: behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation):

3giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed;

4but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

5in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

6in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,

7in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

8by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

9as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

10as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

11Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.

12Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.

13Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged.

14Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? and what communion hath light with darkness?

15And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever?

16And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for you are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

17Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing;
And I will receive you,

18And will be to you a Father,
And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.