1 A nd working together also we call upon that ye receive not in vain the grace of God --

2 f or He saith, `In an acceptable time I did hear thee, and in a day of salvation I did help thee, lo, now a well-accepted time; lo, now, a day of salvation,' --

3 i n nothing giving any cause of offence, that the ministration may be not blamed,

4 b ut in everything recommending ourselves as God's ministrants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,

5 i n stripes, in imprisonments, in insurrections, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,

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

7 i n the word of truth, in the power of God, through the armour of the righteousness, on the right and on the left,

8 t hrough glory and dishonour, through evil report and good report, as leading astray, and true;

9 a s unknown, and recognized; as dying, and lo, we live; as chastened, and not put to death;

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

11 O ur mouth hath been open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart hath been enlarged!

12 y e are not straitened in us, and ye are straitened in your bowels,

13 a nd a recompense of the same kind, (as to children I say,) be ye enlarged -- also ye!

14 B ecome not yoked with others -- unbelievers, for what partaking to righteousness and lawlessness?

15 a nd what fellowship to light with darkness? and what concord to Christ with Belial? or what part to a believer with an unbeliever?

16 a nd what agreement to the sanctuary of God with idols? for ye are a sanctuary of the living God, according as God said -- `I will dwell in them, and will walk among, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people,

17 w herefore, come ye forth out of the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and an unclean thing do not touch, and I -- I will receive you,

18 a nd I will be to you for a Father, and ye -- ye shall be to Me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.'