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

¶ We then, as workers together with him, exhort you also that ye have not received the grace of God in vain.

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,' --

(For he saith, I have heard thee in an acceptable time, and in the day of saving health I have succoured thee; behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of saving health.)

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

Giving no offense in anything, that the ministry not be blamed,

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

But in all things showing ourselves as the ministers of God in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,

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

in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,

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

in chastity, in knowledge, in meekness, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in unfeigned charity,

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,

in the word of truth, in the power of God through the weapons of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

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

through honour and dishonour, through evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet as men of the truth;

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

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

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

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

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

¶ O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.

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

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

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

Now for a recompense in the same (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged.

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

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers, for what fellowship does righteousness have with unrighteousness? and what communion does light have with darkness?

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?

And what concord does Christ have with Belial? or what part do the faithful have with the unfaithful?

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,

And what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them and walk in them 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,

Therefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and do not touch the unclean thing; and 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.'

and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.