2 Corinthians 6

1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
1 Συνεργοῦντες δὲ καὶ παρακαλοῦμεν μὴ εἰς κενὸν τὴν χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ δέξασθαι ὑμᾶς —
2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
2 λέγει γάρ, Καιρῷ δεκτῷ ἐπήκουσά σου, καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σωτηρίας ἐβοήθησά σοι· ἰδού, νῦν καιρὸς εὐπρόσδεκτος, ἰδού, νῦν ἡμέρα σωτηρίας —
3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
3 μηδεμίαν ἐν μηδενὶ διδόντες προσκοπήν, ἵνα μὴ μωμηθῇ ἡ διακονία·
4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
4 ἀλλ’ ἐν παντὶ συνιστῶντες
WH συνιστάνοντες
 ἑαυτοὺς ὡς θεοῦ διάκονοι, ἐν ὑπομονῇ πολλῇ, ἐν θλίψεσιν, ἐν ἀνάγκαις, ἐν στενοχωρίαις,
5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
5 ἐν πληγαῖς, ἐν φυλακαῖς, ἐν ἀκαταστασίαις, ἐν κόποις, ἐν ἀγρυπνίαις, ἐν νηστείαις,
6 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
6 ἐν ἁγνότητι, ἐν γνώσει, ἐν μακροθυμίᾳ, ἐν χρηστότητι, ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ, ἐν ἀγάπῃ ἀνυποκρίτῳ,
7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
7 ἐν λόγῳ ἀληθείας, ἐν δυνάμει θεοῦ, διὰ τῶν ὅπλων τῆς δικαιοσύνης τῶν δεξιῶν καὶ ἀριστερῶν,
8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
8 διὰ δόξης καὶ ἀτιμίας, διὰ δυσφημίας καὶ εὐφημίας· ὡς πλάνοι καὶ ἀληθεῖς·
9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
9 ὡς ἀγνοούμενοι, καὶ ἐπιγινωσκόμενοι· ὡς ἀποθνῄσκοντες, καὶ ἰδού, ζῶμεν· ὡς παιδευόμενοι, καὶ μὴ θανατούμενοι·
10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
10 ὡς λυπούμενοι, ἀεὶ δὲ χαίροντες· ὡς πτωχοί, πολλοὺς δὲ πλουτίζοντες· ὡς μηδὲν ἔχοντες, καὶ πάντα κατέχοντες.
11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our
B ⟨your⟩
 heart is enlarged.
11 Τὸ στόμα ἡμῶν ἀνέῳγεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, Κορίνθιοι, ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν πεπλάτυνται.
12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
12 Οὐ στενοχωρεῖσθε ἐν ἡμῖν, στενοχωρεῖσθε δὲ ἐν τοῖς σπλάγχνοις ὑμῶν.
13 Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
13 Τὴν δὲ αὐτὴν ἀντιμισθίαν — ὡς τέκνοις λέγω — πλατύνθητε καὶ ὑμεῖς.
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and
ℵB ⟨or⟩
 what communion hath light with darkness?
14 Μὴ γίνεσθε ἑτεροζυγοῦντες ἀπίστοις· τίς γὰρ μετοχὴ δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀνομίᾳ; [+]
WH ἢ
 Τίς δὲ
WH omit
 κοινωνία φωτὶ πρὸς σκότος;
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial
ℵB ⟨Beliar⟩
? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
15 Τίς δὲ συμφώνησις χριστῷ
WH Χριστοῦ
 πρὸς Βελίαρ; Ἢ τίς μερὶς πιστῷ μετὰ ἀπίστου;
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye
ℵB ⟨we⟩
 are the temple
ℵ ⟨temples⟩; B ⟨a temple⟩
 of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
16 Τίς δὲ συγκατάθεσις
WH συνκατάθεσις
 ναῷ θεοῦ μετὰ εἰδώλων; Ὑμεῖς
WH ἡμεῖς
 γὰρ ναὸς θεοῦ ἐστε
WH ἐσμὲν
 ζῶντος, καθὼς εἶπεν ὁ θεὸς ὅτι Ἐνοικήσω ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσω·
WH ἐνπεριπατήσω,
 καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτῶν θεός, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔσονταί μοι
WH μου
 λαός.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
17 Διό, Ἐξέλθετε
WH ἐξέλθατε
 ἐκ μέσου αὐτῶν καὶ ἀφορίσθητε, λέγει κύριος, καὶ ἀκαθάρτου μὴ ἅπτεσθε· κἀγὼ εἰσδέξομαι ὑμᾶς,
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
18 καὶ ἔσομαι ὑμῖν εἰς πατέρα, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθέ μοι εἰς υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας, λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ.
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About the Greek Text

The Greek text displayed here follows The New Testament in the Original Greek: Byzantine Textform, edited by Maurice A. Robinson and William G. Pierpont (2nd ed., 2018). This has been collated, however, with the Greek text of Westcott and Hort (first published in 1881), and the variants are recorded in the notes.