Chapter 6
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Working together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain,
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for she says, "At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.
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We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,
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but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
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in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
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in pureness, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,
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in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
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by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;
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as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed;
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as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
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Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged.
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You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.
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Now in return, I speak as to my children, you also be open wide.
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Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what communion has light with darkness?
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What agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever?
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What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you 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 will be my people."
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Therefore, "'Come out from among them, and be separate,' says the Domina. 'Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
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I will be to you a Mother. You will be to me daughters and sons,' says the Domina Almighty."