2 Corinthians 6 KJV: The Hardships of Ministry and the Holy Temple

2 Corinthians 6 documents the staggering list of trials Paul endured—beatings, imprisonments, and sleepless nights—to prove the authenticity of his ministry. This chapter shifts to an urgent call for believers to not be 'unequally yoked' with unbelievers, emphasizing that light and darkness cannot coexist. It reinforces the identity of the church as the 'temple of the living God,' requiring a life of distinct holiness.

v1-10: The Marks of a True Minister in Suffering
v11-13: Paul’s Open Heart to the Church
v14-18: The Command to be Separate from the World

2 Corinthians chapter 6

We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

By honour and dishonour, 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 alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.

Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.

Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Learn the grit of true faith as Paul lists his scars and calls you to a life of uncompromising devotion to God. Begin your study with 2 corinthians 6 summary.

Observe how Paul uses 5 rhetorical questions to show the impossibility of mixing the sacred with the profane. The Word Secret is Heterozugeo, or 'unequally yoked,' a term from farming where two different animals (like an ox and a donkey) cannot plow together efficiently. This teaches that our closest partnerships should be with those who pull in the same spiritual direction. Discover the riches with 2 corinthians 6 commentary, containing expert led word study (original greek/hebrew) and passage level analysis.

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