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We Are the Temple
of the Living God
2 Corinthians 6
Paul, as God's co-worker, exhorts not to receive God's grace in vain. He as an apostle endures
as a minister of God, even though he suffers much. He also teaches not to be unequally
yoked with unbelievers.
2 Corinthians 6
1We work together with God. So we are asking you not to receive God's
grace and then do nothing with it. 2 He says, "When I showed you my
favor, I heard you. On the day I saved you, I helped you." (Isaiah 49:8) I
tell you, now is the time God shows his favor. Now is the day he saves.
Paul's Sufferings
3We don't put anything in anyone's way. So no one can find fault with
our work for God. 4 Instead, we make it clear that we serve God in every
way. We serve him by holding steady. We stand firm in all kinds of
trouble, hard times and suffering.
5We don't give up when we are beaten or put in prison. When people
stir up trouble in the streets, we continue to serve God. We work hard
for him. We go without sleep and food.
6We remain pure. We understand completely what it means to serve
God. We are patient and kind. We serve him in the power of the Holy
Spirit. We serve him with true love. 7 We speak the truth. We serve in
the power of God. We hold the weapons of godliness in the right hand
and in the left. 8 We serve God in times of glory and shame. We serve
him whether the news about us is bad or good. We are true to our call-
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But people treat us as if we were pretenders. 9 We are known, but people
treat us as if we were unknown. We are dying, but we continue to live.
We are beaten, but we are not killed. 10 We are sad, but we are always full
of joy. We are poor, but we make many people rich. We have nothing,
but we own everything.
11Believers at Corinth, we have spoken freely to you. We have opened
our hearts wide to you. 12 We are not holding back our love from you.
But you are holding back your love from us. 13 I speak to you as if you
were my children. It is only fair that you open your hearts wide to us also.
Do Not Be Joined to Unbelievers
14Do not be joined to unbelievers. What do right and wrong have in
common? Can light and darkness be friends? 15 How can Christ and
Satan agree? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
16 How can the temple of the true God and the statues of other gods
agree?
We are the temple of the living God. God has said, "I will live with them.
I will walk among them. I will be their God. And they will be my people."
(Leviticus 26:12; Jeremiah 32:38; Ezekiel 37:27)
17"So come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do
not touch anything that is not pure and clean. Then I will receive you."
(Isaiah 52:11; Ezekiel 20:34,41) 18 "I will be your Father. You will be my
sons and daughters, says the Lord who rules over all." (2 Samuel 7:14;
7:8)
Mission Accomplished
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One Verse
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God's
What is God´s Message for you through today´s passage?
Thank Offerings
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