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Their Ministry Commended

1 And aworking° together° [with Him], bwe also° urge° you not to receive° cthe grace° of God° in vain°— 2 for He says°,
“aAT THE ACCEPTABLE° TIME° I LISTENED° TO YOU,
AND ON THE DAY° OF SALVATION° I HELPED° YOU.”
Behold°, now° is “THE ACCEPTABLE° TIME°,” behold°, now° is “THE DAY° OF SALVATION°”— 3 agiving° no° cause° for offense° in anything°, so° that the ministry° will not be discredited°, 4 but in everything° acommending° ourselves° as I bservants° of God°, cin much° endurance°, in afflictions°, in hardships°, in distresses°, 5 in abeatings°, in imprisonments°, in btumults°, in labors°, in sleeplessness°, in chunger°, 6 in purity°, in aknowledge°, in bpatience°, in kindness°, in the cHoly° Spirit°, in dgenuine° love°, 7 in athe word° of truth°, in bthe power° of God°; by cthe weapons° of righteousness° for the right° hand° and the left°, 8 by glory° and adishonor°, by bevil° report° and good° report°; [regarded] as cdeceivers° and yet dtrue°; 9 as unknown° Iyet° well-known°, as adying° Iyet° behold°, bwe live°; as IIpunished° Iyet° not put° to death°, 10 as asorrowful° yet° always° arejoicing°, as bpoor° yet° making° many° rich°, as chaving° nothing° Iyet° possessing° dall° things°.

[1] a 1Co 3:9 b 2Co 5:20 c Ac 11:23
[2] a Is 49:8
[3] a 1Co 8:9, 13; 9:12
[4] IOr ministers a Ro 3:5 b 1Co 3:5; 2Ti 2:24f c Ac 9:16; 2Co 4:8-11; 6:4ff; 11:23-27; 12:10
[5] a Ac 16:23 b Ac 19:23ff c 1Co 4:11
[6] a 1Co 12:8; 2Co 11:6 b 2Co 1:23; 2:10; 13:10 c 1Co 2:4; 1Th 1:5 d Ro 12:9
[7] a 2Co 2:17; 4:2 b 1Co 2:5 c Ro 13:12; 2Co 10:4; Ep 6:11ff
[8] a 1Co 4:10 b Ro 3:8; 1Co 4:13; 2Co 12:16 c Mt 27:63 d 2Co 1:18; 4:2; 1Th 2:3f
[9] ILit and IIOr disciplined a Ro 8:36 b 2Co 1:8, 10; 4:11
[10] ILit and a Jn 16:22; 2Co 7:4; Php 2:17; 4:4; Col 1:24; 1Th 1:6 b 1Co 1:5; 2Co 8:9 c Ac 3:6 d Ro 8:32; 1Co 3:21

11 ¶ aOur mouth° Ihas spoken° freely° to you, O Corinthians°, our bheart° is opened° wide°. 12 You are not restrained° Iby us, but ayou are restrained° in your own IIaffections°. 13 Now° in a like° aexchange°—I speak° as to bchildren°—open° wide° [to us] also°.

[11] ILit is open to you a Ezk 33:22; Ep 6:19 b Is 60:5; 2Co 7:3
[12] IOr in us IILit inward parts a 2Co 7:2
[13] a Ga 4:12 b 1Co 4:14

14 ¶ aDo not be Ibound° together° with bunbelievers°; for what° cpartnership° have righteousness° and lawlessness°, or° what° fellowship° has light° with darkness°? 15 Or° what° aharmony° has Christ° with IBelial°, or° IIwhat° has a bbeliever° in common° with an cunbeliever°? 16 Or° awhat° agreement° has the temple° of God° with idols°? For we are bthe temple° of cthe living° God°; just° as God° said°,
  “dI WILL eDWELL° IN THEM AND fWALK° AMONG° THEM;
  AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD°, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE°.
  17 “aTherefore°, bCOME° OUT FROM THEIR MIDST° AND BE SEPARATE°,” says° the Lord°.
  “AND DO NOT TOUCH° WHAT IS UNCLEAN°;
  And I will welcome° you.
  18 “aAnd I will be a father° to you,
  And you shall be bsons° and daughters° to Me,”
  Says° the Lord° Almighty°.

[14] ILit unequally yoked a Dt 22:10; 1Co 5:9f b 1Co 6:6 c Ep 5:7, 11; 1 Jn 1:6
[15] IGr Beliar IILit what part has a believer with an unbeliever a 1Co 10:21 b Ac 5:14; 1P 1:21 c 1Co 6:6
[16] a 1Co 10:21 b 1Co 3:16; 6:19 c Mt 16:16 d Ex 29:45; Lv 26:12; Jr 31:1; Ezk 37:27 e Ex 25:8; Jn 14:23 f Rv 2:1
[17] a Is 52:11 b Rv 18:4
[18] a 2S 7:14; 1Ch 17:13; Is 43:6; Ho 1:10 b Ro 8:14

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That he hath approved himself a faithful minister of Christ, both by his exhortations,

1 ¶ We¹ ª then,º [as] workers togetherº ª [with him], beseechº ª [you] alsoº that yeº receiveº ª notº the² graceº of Godº inº vain.º 2 (Forº he saith,º ª I have heardº ª theeº in a timeº accepted,º andº inº the dayº of salvationº have I succouredº ª thee:º behold,º ª nowº [is] the acceptedº time;º behold,º ª nowº [is] the dayº of salvation.)º

[1] Jr 8:8; Mt 23:37; Ac 14:3; Ro 12:1; 1Co 3:9; 2Co 5:18, 20; 8:1; 10:1; Ga 2:21; 3:4; 4:11; Tit 2:11; He 12:15, 25; 1P 4:10.
[2] Is 49:8; 61:2; Ezk 16:8; Lk 4:19; 19:42; He 3:7, 13; 4:7.

and by integrity of life,

3 Givingº ª noº offenceº inº any thing,º that¹ ª ² the² ministryº be¹ ª not¹ ² blamed:º ª

[3] Mt 17:27; 18:6; Ro 14:13; 1Co 8:9; 9:12, 22; 10:23, 32; 2Co 1:12; 8:20.

and by patient enduring all kinds of afflictions and disgraces for the Gospel.

4 Butº inº allº [things] approvingº ª ourselvesº asº the ministersº of God,º inº muchº patience,º inº afflictions,º inº necessities,º inº distresses,º 5 Inº stripes,º inº imprisonments,º inº tumults,º inº labours,º inº watchings,º inº fastings;º 6 Byº pureness,º byº knowledge,º byº longsuffering,º byº kindness,º byº the Holyº Ghost,º byº loveº unfeigned,º 7 Byº the wordº of truth,º byº the powerº of God,º byº the² armourº of righteousnessº on the² right handº andº on the left,º 8 Byº honourº andº dishonour,º byº evil reportº andº good report:º asº deceivers,º andº [yet] true;º 9 Asº unknown,º ª andº [yet] well known;º ª asº dying,º ª and,º behold,º ª we live;º ª asº chastened,º ª andº notº killed;º ª

[4] Is 61:6; Jol 1:9; 2:17; Lk 21:19; Ac 2:22; 20:23, 34; Ro 5:3, 8; 8:35; 14:18; 16:10; 1Co 3:5; 4:1, 11; 9:11; 2Co 2:17; 3:6; 4:2, 8, 17; 7:11; 11:9, 23, 27; 12:10, 12; Php 4:11; Col 1:11, 24; 1Th 2:3; 3:2, 3, 7; 5:14; 1Ti 2:15; 4:6; 6:11; 2Ti 1:8; 3:10, 11; 4:5; He 12:1; Jm 5:7; Rv 1:9; 3:10.
[5] Dt 25:3; 1K 22:27; 2Ch 16:10; Is 53:5; Jr 33:1; 37:15; 38:6; Ezk 3:17; Mt 9:15; 14:3, 10; Mk 13:34; Ac 5:18; 12:4; 13:3; 14:19, 23; 16:23, 24; 17:5; 18:12; 19:23; 20:31; 21:27; 22:23, 24; 23:10, 35; 24:27; 26:10, 29; 28:16, 30; 1Co 7:5; 15:10; 2Co 1:8; 11:23, 27; Ep 3:1; Php 1:13; 1Th 2:9; 1Ti 4:10; 2Ti 1:8; 2:9; 4:5; He 11:36; 13:17, 23; Rv 2:10.
[6] Jg 16:15; Ezk 33:31; Ro 12:9; 15:19; 1Co 2:1, 4, 16; 13:4; 2Co 2:4; 3:3; 4:6; 7:2; 11:4, 6, 11; 12:15; Ga 3:2, 5; 5:22; Ep 3:4; 4:2, 32; Col 1:9, 11, 27; 2:3; 3:12; 1Th 1:5; 2:10; 1Ti 4:12; 5:2; 2Ti 3:10; 4:2; Tit 2:7; 1P 1:12, 22; 1Jn 3:18.
[7] Ex 14:22; Ps 119:43; Pv 3:16; Is 11:5; 59:17; Mk 16:20; Ac 11:21; Ro 13:12; 1Co 1:24; 2:4; 2Co 1:18; 4:2; 7:14; 10:4; 13:4; Ep 1:13, 19; 3:20; 4:21; 6:11, 13, 14; Col 1:5; 1Th 5:8; 2Ti 2:15; 4:7; He 2:4; Jm 1:18.
[8] Mt 5:11; 10:25; 22:16; 27:63; Mk 12:14; Jn 7:12, 17, 18; Ac 4:21; 5:13, 40; 6:3; 10:22; 14:11; 16:20, 39; 22:12; 24:5; 28:4, 22; Ro 3:8; 1Co 4:10; 1Ti 3:7; 4:10; He 13:13; 1P 4:14; 3Jn 1:12; Rv 3:9.
[9] Ps 118:17; Ac 17:18; 19:26; 21:37; 25:14, 19, 26; Ro 8:36; 15:19; 1Co 4:9; 11:32; 15:31; 2Co 1:8; 4:2, 10; 5:11; 11:6; Ga 1:22.

Of which he speaketh the more boldly amongst them, because his heart is open to them,

10 Asº sorrowful,º ª yetº alwayº rejoicing;º ª asº poor,º yetº making¹ ª many¹ rich;º ª ² asº havingº ª nothing,º andº [yet] possessingº ª all things.º 11 O [ye] Corinthians,º ourº mouthº is openº ª untoº you,º ourº heartº is enlarged.º ª 12 Ye are¹ ª notº straitenedº ª inº us,º butº ye are straitenedº ª inº your ownº bowels.º

[10] Ps 84:11; Pv 16:16; Mt 5:4, 12; 6:19; Lk 6:21; 16:11; Jn 16:22; Ac 5:41; 16:25; Ro 5:2; 9:2; 11:12; 12:15; 15:13; 1Co 3:21; 2Co 2:4; 4:7, 15; 6:4; 7:3; 8:9; Ep 3:8, 16; Php 4:4; Col 3:16; 1Th 3:7; 5:16; 1Ti 4:8; 6:18; He 10:34; Jm 1:2; 2:5; 1P 1:6; 4:13; Rv 2:9; 21:7.
[11] 1S 2:1; Jb 32:20; 33:2; Ps 51:15; 119:32; Hab 2:5; 2Co 2:4; 7:3; 12:15; Ga 3:1; Ep 6:8; Php 1:8; 4:15; Rv 22:12.
[12] Jb 36:16; Pv 4:12; Ec 6:9; Mi 2:7; Php 1:8; 1Jn 3:17.

and he expecteth the like affection from them again:

13 Nowº for a recompenceº in the² same,¹ (I² speakº ª asº unto [my] children,)º be¹ ª yeº alsoº enlarged.º ª

[13] 2K 13:14; Ps 81:10; Mt 9:28; 17:19; Mk 6:4; 11:24; 1Co 4:14; Ga 4:19; 1Th 2:11; He 12:5; Jm 1:6; 1Jn 2:1, 12; 3:7, 18; 5:14; 3Jn 1:4.

exhorting to flee the society and pollutions of idolaters, as being themselves temples of the living God.

14 Be² ye¹ ª notº unequally yoked togetherº ª with unbelievers:º forº whatº fellowshipº hath righteousnessº withº unrighteousness?º andº whatº communionº hath lightº withº darkness?º 15 Andº whatº concordº hath Christº withº Belial?º orº what¹ partº hath he that believethº withº an infidel?º 16 Andº whatº agreementº hath the templeº of Godº withº idols?º forº yeº areº ª the templeº of the livingº ª God;º asº Godº hath said,º ª ¹ I will dwellº ª inº them,º andº walk inº ª [them]; andº I will beº ª theirº God,º andº theyº shall beº ª myº people.º 17 Whereforeº come outº ª fromº amongº them,º andº be ye separate,º ª saithº ª the Lord,º andº touchº ª notº the uncleanº [thing]; and¹ I² will receiveº ª you,º 18 Andº will beº ª ¹ a² Fatherº unto you,º andº yeº shall beº ª ² myº sonsº ¹ andº daughters,º saithº ª the Lordº Almighty.º

[14] Ex 34:16; Lv 19:19; Dt 7:2; 22:9; 1S 5:2; 1K 18:21; 2Ch 19:2; Ezr 9:1, 11; 10:19; Ne 13:1, 23; Ps 16:3; 26:4, 9; 44:20; 101:3; 106:35; 119:63; 139:21; Pv 8:18; 22:24; 29:27; Mal 2:11, 15; Jn 7:7; 15:18; Ac 4:23; Ro 13:12; 1Co 5:9; 7:39; 10:21; 15:33; Ep 4:17; 5:6, 8; Php 2:15; 1Th 5:4; Jm 4:4; 1P 2:9; 4:2; 1Jn 1:5; 3:12.
[15] 1S 5:2; 1K 18:21; Ezr 4:3; Mk 16:16; Ac 8:20; 1Co 10:20; 1Ti 5:8; 1Jn 5:11.
[16] Gn 17:7; Ex 20:3; 23:13; 29:45; 34:14; Lv 26:12; Dt 4:23; 5:7; 6:14; Jsh 24:14; 1S 7:3; 1K 18:21; 2K 17:33; 21:4; 23:5; 2Ch 33:4; Ps 90:1; Jr 24:7; 31:33; 32:38; Ezk 11:20; 36:25, 28; 37:26; 43:7, 9; Ho 2:23; 14:8; Zp 1:5; Zc 2:10; 8:8; 13:9; Mt 6:24; Jn 6:56; Ro 8:9, 11; 9:26; 1Co 3:16; 6:19; Ep 2:20; 3:17; 2Ti 1:14; He 3:6; 8:10; 1P 2:5; 1Jn 4:12, 15; 5:20; Rv 21:3, 7.
[17] Nu 16:21, 26, 45; Ezr 6:21; 10:11; Ps 1:1; Pv 9:6; Is 52:11; Jr 51:6; Jn 6:37; Ac 2:40; Ro 15:7; 2Co 7:1; Rv 18:4.
[18] Gn 17:1; 48:3; Ps 22:30; Jr 3:19; 31:1, 9; Ho 1:9; Jn 1:12; Ro 8:14, 29; Ga 3:26; 4:5; Ep 1:5; 1Jn 3:1; Rv 1:8; 21:7, 22.

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