1And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain2(for he saith,At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee,And in a day of salvation did I succor thee:behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation):3giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed;4but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,5in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;6in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,7in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,8by glory 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;10as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.11Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.12Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.13Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged.14Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?15And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever?16And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.17WhereforeCome ye out from among them, and be ye separate,saith the Lord,And touch no unclean thing;And I will receive you,18And will be to you a Father,And ye shall be to me sons and daughters,saith the Lord Almighty.