1Working together with him we plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain to no purposein emptiness. 2For he said: At an acceptable time I listened to you. In a day of salvation I helped you. Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation! 3Give no occasion for stumbling offence in anything that our ministry may not be blamed discredited. 4In everything we commend ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watching, in fasting; 6in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love, 7in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, 8by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; 9as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; 10Also as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. 11O Corinthians, we have spoken openly to you, our figurative heart is wide open enlarged. 12We do not restrict you, but you are restricted by your own affections. 13Now in return for the same in like kind I speak as to my children, you also be open open your hearts wide! 14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship does righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what communion does light have with darkness? 15And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16And what agreement does a temple of God have with idols? We are the temple of the living God. God said: I will dwell in them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people. (Leviticus 26:12) (Zechariah 8:8) 17Therefore come out from among them and be separate set offsevered from themexcluded from them, said Jehovah. Do not touch the unclean thing and I will receive you. (Isaiah 52:11) (Jeremiah 51:45) 18I will be a Father to you, and you will be to me sons and daughters, said Jehovah God the Almighty. (Hosea 1:10)