^{1 Ref} And working together `with him' we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain

^{2 Ref} (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 Ref} giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed;

^{4 Ref} but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

^{5 Ref} in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

^{6 Ref} in pureness, in knowledge, in long suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,

^{7 Ref} in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

^{8 Ref} by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and `yet' true;

^{9 Ref} as unknown, and `yet' well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

^{10 Ref} as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and `yet' possessing all things.

^{11 Ref} Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.

^{12 Ref} Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.

^{13 Ref} Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto `my' children), be ye also enlarged.

^{14 Ref} Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

^{15 Ref} And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever?

^{16 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.