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Text -- 2 Corinthians 6:2-18 (NET)

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6:2 For he says, “I heard you at the acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation! 6:3 We do not give anyone an occasion for taking an offense in anything, so that no fault may be found with our ministry. 6:4 But as God’s servants, we have commended ourselves in every way, with great endurance, in persecutions, in difficulties, in distresses, 6:5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger, 6:6 by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by benevolence, by the Holy Spirit, by genuine love, 6:7 by truthful teaching, by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness both for the right hand and for the left, 6:8 through glory and dishonor, through slander and praise; regarded as impostors, and yet true; 6:9 as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying and yet– see!– we continue to live; as those who are scourged and yet not executed; 6:10 as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything. 6:11 We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide to you. 6:12 Our affection for you is not restricted, but you are restricted in your affections for us. 6:13 Now as a fair exchange– I speak as to my children– open wide your hearts to us also.
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6:14 Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness? 6:15 And what agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what does a believer share in common with an unbeliever? 6:16 And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, “I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.” 6:17 Therefore “come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord, “and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you, 6:18 and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” says the All-Powerful Lord.
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Names, People and Places:
 · Belial a nickname for Satan
 · Corinthians the inhabitants of Corinth.


Dictionary Themes and Topics: CORINTHIANS, SECOND EPISTLE TO THE | Zeal | Resignation | Minister | Afflictions and Adversities | Love | Persecution | PAULINE THEOLOGY | Communion | Paul | Paradox | Fellowship | Holiness | Quotations and Allusions | Church | Belial | Unbelief | Longsuffering | Patience | Associations | more
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NET Notes: 2Co 6:2 A quotation from Isa 49:8.

NET Notes: 2Co 6:3 Other interpretations of the first part of 2 Cor 6:3 are possible. The phrase could also mean, “not putting an obstacle in the way of anyoneR...

NET Notes: 2Co 6:4 Or “in trouble and suffering.”

NET Notes: 2Co 6:5 Usually κόποις (kopois) has been translated as “labors” or “hard work,” but see Matt 26:10 where...

NET Notes: 2Co 6:6 Or “sincere.”

NET Notes: 2Co 6:7 The phrase “for the right hand and for the left” possibly refers to a combination of an offensive weapon (a sword for the right hand) and ...

NET Notes: 2Co 6:8 Or “regarded as deceivers.”

NET Notes: 2Co 6:9 Grk “disciplined,” but in this context probably a reference to scourging prior to execution (yet the execution is not carried out).

NET Notes: 2Co 6:11 Grk “our mouth has been open to you,” an idiom for openness in communication.

NET Notes: 2Co 6:12 Grk “You are not restricted by us.”

NET Notes: 2Co 6:13 The words “to us” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

NET Notes: 2Co 6:14 Or “Do not be mismatched.”

NET Notes: 2Co 6:15 The Greek term Βελιάρ (Beliar) is a spelling variant for Βελιάλ (Belial, see Judg 20:13 LX...

NET Notes: 2Co 6:16 A quotation from Lev 26:12; also similar to Jer 32:38; Ezek 37:27.

NET Notes: 2Co 6:17 A paraphrased quotation from Ezek 20:41.

NET Notes: 2Co 6:18 Traditionally, “the Lord Almighty.” BDAG 755 s.v. παντοκράτωρ states, “the Al...

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