Paul’s Hardships and God’s Grace 1 RV And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain BSB BSB: As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
2 RV (for he saith, At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee, And in a day of salvation did I succour thee: behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation): BSB BSB: For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!
3 RV giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed; BSB BSB: We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.
4 RV but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, BSB BSB: Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;
5 RV in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; BSB BSB: in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;
6 RV in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the Holy Ghost, in love unfeigned, BSB BSB: in purity, knowledge, patience, and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;
7 RV in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, BSB BSB: in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
8 RV by glory and dishonour, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; BSB BSB: through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine;
9 RV as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; BSB BSB: unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;
10 RV as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. BSB BSB: sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
11 RV Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged. BSB BSB: We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians. Our hearts are open wide.
12 RV Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections. BSB BSB: It is not our affection, but yours, that is restrained.
13 RV Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged. BSB BSB: As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open wide your hearts also.
Do Not Be Unequally Yoked 14 RV Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? BSB BSB: Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
15 RV And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever? BSB BSB: What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
16 RV And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we 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. BSB BSB: What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
17 RV Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you, BSB BSB: “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
18 RV And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. BSB BSB: And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
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