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 Aga olles kaastegevad me ka manitseme, et te Jumala armu ilmaasjata vastu ei v

2 Sest Ta ütleb: „Ma olen sind kuulnud soodsal ajal ja aidanud päästepäeval!" Näe, nüüd on hästi soodus aeg, vaata, nüüd on päästepäev!

3 Me ei anna üheski asjas mingit p

4 vaid k

5 hoopide all, vangis, mässudes, vaevanägemistes, valvamistes, paastumistes,

6 puhtuses, tunnetuses, pikas meeles, helduses, Pühas Vaimus, silmakirjatsematus armastuses,

7 t

8 aus ja häbis, kurja k

9 kui tundmatud ja ometi küll tuntud, kui surijad, ja vaata, me elame; kui karistatud, kuid mitte surmatud;

10 kui kurvastatud, kuid ikka r

11 Meie suu on avatud teie vastu, korintlased, meie süda on avardunud;

12 meie sees ei ole teil kitsas, vaid teil on kitsas teie omas südames.

13 Vastutasuks tehke sedasama — ma ütlen teile kui lastele — avardage ka teie oma süda!

14 Ärge hakake v

15 Kuidas sobib Kristus ühte Beliariga? V

16 Kuidas sünnib Jumala tempel ühte ebajumalatega? Sest meie oleme elava Jumala tempel, n

17 Sellepärast „minge ära nende keskelt ja eralduge neist", ütleb Issand, „ja ärge puudutage roojast, siis Ma v

18 ja olen teile Isaks, ja teie olete Mulle poegadeks ja tütardeks", ütleb K