1 And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain 2 (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): 3 giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed; 4 but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; 6 in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned, 7 in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, 8 by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; 9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

11 Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged. 12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections. 13 Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged.

14 Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever? 16 And 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. 17 Wherefore

Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate,

saith the Lord,

And touch no unclean thing;

And I will receive you,

18 And will be to you a Father,

And ye shall be to me sons and daughters,

saith the Lord Almighty.

1 我们这些与　神同工的，也劝你们不要白受　神的恩典。

2 因为他说：

"在悦纳的时候，我应允了你；

在拯救的日子，我帮助了你。"

看哪！现在就是悦纳的时候，现在就是拯救的日子。3 我们凡事都没有妨碍人，不让这职分受到毁谤，4 反而在各样的事上，表明自己是　神的仆人，就如持久的忍耐、患难、贫乏、困苦、5 鞭打、监禁、扰乱、劳苦、不睡觉、禁食、6 纯洁、知识、容忍、恩慈、圣灵、无伪的爱心、7 真理的道、　神的大能等事上；并且是借着左右两手中公义的武器，8 借着荣耀和羞辱、坏名声和好名誉。我们好象是骗人的，却是真诚的，9 好象是人所不知的，却是人所共知的；好象是必死的，你看，我们却是活着的；好象是受惩罚的，却没有处死；10 好象忧愁，却是常常喜乐的；好象贫穷，却使很多人富足；好象是甚么都没有，却是样样都有。

11 哥林多人哪！我们对你们，口是坦率的，心是宽宏的。12 并不是我们对你们器量小，而是你们自己心胸狭窄。13 你们也要照样以宽宏的心对待我们，这话正像是我对儿女说的。

14 你们和不信的人不可共负一轭，义和不法有甚么相同呢？光明和黑暗怎能相通呢？15 基督和彼列*"彼列"是撒但的别名怎能和谐呢？信的和不信的有甚么联系呢？16 　神的殿和偶像怎能协调呢？我们就是永生　神的殿，正如　神说：

"我要住在他们中间，

在他们中间来往；

我要作他们的　神，

他们要作我的子民。"

17 所以，

"主说：你们要从他们中间出来，

和他们分开，

不可触摸不洁净的东西，

我就收纳你们。"

18 "我要作你们的父亲，

你们要作我的儿女。

这是全能的主说的。"