And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain
(for he saith,
{Isaiah 49:8.}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):
giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed;
but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much {Or, stedfastness}patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,
in the word of truth, in the power of God; {Greek: though.}by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;
as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.
Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged.
Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?
And what concord hath Christ with {Greek: Beliar.}Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever?
And what agreement hath a {Or, santuary}temple of God with idols? for we are a {Or, santuary}temple of the living God; even as God said, {Leviticus 26:12; Exodus 29:45; Ezekiel 37:27; Jeremiah 31:1.}I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Wherefore
{Isaiah 52:11.}Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate,
saith the Lord,
And touch no unclean thing;
And I will receive you,
{Hosea 1:10; Isaiah 43:6.}And will be to you a Father,
And ye shall be to me sons and daughters,
saith the Lord Almighty.
Querverweise zu 2. Korinther 6,11 2Kor 6,11
O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified?
I say it not to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
And ye yourselves also know, ye Philippians, that in the beginning of the {Greek: good tidings. See chapter 1:5.}gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church had fellowship with me in the matter of giving and receiving but ye only;
Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
And I will most gladly spend and be {Greek: spent out.}spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
And Hannah prayed, and said:My heart exulteth in Jehovah;My horn is exalted in Jehovah;My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies;Because I rejoice in thy salvation.
I will run the way of thy commandments,When thou shalt enlarge my heart.
I will speak, that I may {Or, find relief}be refreshed;I will open my lips and answer.
{Or, And also because his wine…he is a haughty man}Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, {Or, he shall not abide}that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.
Behold now, I have opened my mouth;My tongue hath spoken in my {Hebrew: palate.}mouth.
knowing that whatsoever good thing each one doeth, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart;And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
O Lord, open thou my lips;And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
Behold, I come quickly; and my {Or, wages}reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is.