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Their Ministry Commended | ||||
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| 1 And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain-- | 1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. | 1 And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain | 1 And we helping do exhort you, that you receive not the grace of God in vain. | 1 And working together also we call upon you that ye receive not in vain the grace of God -- | 2 for He says, "AT THE ACCEPTABLE TIME I LISTENED TO YOU, AND ON THE DAY OF SALVATION I HELPED YOU." Behold, now is "THE ACCEPTABLE TIME," behold, now is "THE DAY OF SALVATION "-- | 2 (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.) | 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): | 2 For he saith: In an accepted time have I heard thee; and in the day of salvation have I helped thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. | 2 for He saith, 'In an acceptable time I did hear thee, and in a day of salvation I did help thee, lo, now is a well-accepted time; lo, now, a day of salvation,' -- | 3 giving no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited, | 3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: | 3 giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed; | 3 Giving no offence to any man, that our ministry be not blamed: | 3 in nothing giving any cause of offence, that the ministration may be not blamed, | 4 but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses, | 4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, | 4 but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, | 4 But in all things let us exhibit ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in tribulation, in necessities, in distresses, | 4 but in everything recommending ourselves as God's ministrants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses, | 5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger, | 5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; | 5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; | 5 In stripes, in prisons, in seditions, in labours, in watchings, in fastings, | 5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in insurrections, in labours, in watchings, in fastings, | NASB | KJV | ASV | DRB | YLT |
| 6 in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love, | 6 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, | 6 in pureness, in knowledge, in long suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned, | 6 In chastity, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in sweetness, in the Holy Ghost, in charity unfeigned, | 6 in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned, | 7 in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left, | 7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, | 7 in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, | 7 In the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armour of justice on the right hand and on the left; | 7 in the word of truth, in the power of God, through the armour of the righteousness, on the right and on the left, | 8 by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; regarded as deceivers and yet true; | 8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; | 8 by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; | 8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet known; | 8 through glory and dishonour, through evil report and good report, as leading astray, and true; | 9 as unknown yet well-known, as dying yet behold, we live; as punished yet not put to death, | 9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; | 9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; | 9 As dying, and behold we live; as chastised, and not killed; | 9 as unknown, and recognized; as dying, and lo, we live; as chastened, and not put to death; | 10 as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things. | 10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. | 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. | 10 As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as needy, yet enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things. | 10 as sorrowful, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things. | NASB | KJV | ASV | DRB | YLT |
| 11 Our mouth has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our heart is opened wide. | 11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. | 11 Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged. | 11 Our mouth is open to you, O ye Corinthians, our heart is enlarged. | 11 Our mouth hath been open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart hath been enlarged! | 12 You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections. | 12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. | 12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections. | 12 You are not straitened in us, but in your own bowels you are straitened. | 12 ye are not straitened in us, and ye are straitened in your own bowels, | 13 Now in a like exchange-- I speak as to children-- open wide to us also. | 13 Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged. | 13 Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged. | 13 But having the same recompense, (I speak as to my children,) be you also enlarged. | 13 and as a recompense of the same kind, (as to children I say it,) be ye enlarged -- also ye! | 14 Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? | 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? | 14 Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? | 14 Bear not the yoke with unbelievers. For what participation hath justice with injustice? Or what fellowship hath light with darkness? | 14 Become not yoked with others -- unbelievers, for what partaking is there to righteousness and lawlessness? | 15 Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? | 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? | 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever? | 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath the faithful with the unbeliever? | 15 and what fellowship to light with darkness? and what concord to Christ with Belial? or what part to a believer with an unbeliever? | NASB | KJV | ASV | DRB | YLT |
| 16 Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, "I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. | 16 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. | 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. | 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God; as God saith: I will dwell in them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. | 16 and what agreement to the sanctuary of God with idols? for ye are a sanctuary of the living God, according as God said -- 'I will dwell in them, and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people, | 17 "Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE," says the Lord. "AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN; And I will welcome you. | 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. | 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, | 17 Wherefore, Go out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing: | 17 wherefore, come ye forth out of the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and an unclean thing do not touch, and I -- I will receive you, | 18 "And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me," Says the Lord Almighty. | 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. | 18 And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. | 18 And I will receive you; and I will be a Father to you; and you shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. | 18 and I will be to you for a Father, and ye -- ye shall be to Me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.' |
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