1As fellow-workers, then, with him, we also exhort you that ye receive not the grace of God in vain;

2(for he saith: “In an accepted time I heard thee, and in the day of salvation I helped thee;” Behold, now is the accepted time, behold, now is the day of salvation;)

3giving no occasion for stumbling in anything, that the ministry may not be blamed;

4but as God's ministers recommending ourselves in all things, in much endurance, 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 weapons of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

8through honor and dishonor, through evil report and good report; as deceivers, and true;

9as unknown, and 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 possessing all things.

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

12Ye have not a narrow place in my heart, but ye have a narrow place for me in yours.

13So then in return, I speak to you as children, let your hearts be enlarged.

14Be not strangely yoked with unbelievers; for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? Or what communion hath light with darkness?

15And what concord hath Christ with Beliar? Or what part hath a believer with an unbeliever?

16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God; as God said: “I will dwell among them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”

17“Wherefore come out from the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and touch not anything unclean;” “and I will receive you,

18and will be to you a father, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”