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   as deceivers, and yet true;   
   9 (Ro 8:36; 1Co 4:9) as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and look, we   
   live; as punished, but not killed;   
   10 (Jn 16:22; 2Co 8:9) as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making   
   many rich; and as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.   
   11 (Ps 119:32; 2Co 12:15) O Corinthians, we have spoken frankly to you;   
   our heart is opened wide.   
   12 You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own   
   affections.   
   13 In return (I speak as to my children) you also be open.   
      
   [1] We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive   
   not the grace of God in vain.   
   [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.)   
   [3] Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:   
   [4] But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much   
   patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,   
   [5] In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in   
   fastings;   
   [6] By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy   
   Ghost, by love unfeigned,   
   [7] By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of   
   righteousness on the right hand and on the left,   
   [8] By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers,   
   and yet true;   
   [9] As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as   
   chastened, and not killed;   
   [10] As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as   
   having nothing, and yet possessing all things.   
   [11] O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.   
   [12] Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.   
   [13] Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye   
   also enlarged.   
      
   The Temple of the Living God   
      
   14 (1Co 5:9; 7:39) Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers.   
   For what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness?   
   What communion has light with darkness?   
   15 What agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what part has he who believes   
   with an unbeliever?   
   16 (Lev 26:12; Ex 29:45) What agreement has the temple of God with idols?   
   For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said:   
   "I will live in them   
   and walk in them.   
   I will be their God,   
   and they shall be My people."(Lev 26:12; Jer 32:38; Eze 37:27.)   
   17 (Isa 52:11; Rev 18:4) Therefore,   
   "Come out from among them   
   and be separate,   
   says the Lord.   
   Do not touch what is unclean,   
   and I will receive you." (Jer 9:24.)   
   18 (Isa 43:6; Jer 31:9) "I will be a Father to you,   
   and you shall be My sons and daughters,   
   says the Lord Almighty." (2Sa 7:14.)   
      
   [14] Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what   
   fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath   
   light with darkness?   
   [15] And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that   
   believeth with an infidel?   
   [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.   
   [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,   
   [18] And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters,   
   saith the Lord Almighty.   
      
   2 Corinthians 7   
      
   1 (Pr 8:13; 2Co 6:17-18) Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse   
   ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit,   
   perfecting holiness in the fear of God.   
      
   [1] Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse   
   ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness   
   in the fear of God.   
      
   Paul's Joy at the Church's Repentance   
      
   2 (Ac 20:33) Accept us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one,   
   and we have defrauded no one.   
   3 (2Co 6:11-12) I do not say this to condemn you, for I have said before   
   that you are in our hearts, so that we would die or live with you.   
   4 (2Co 1:4; 3:12) Great is my boldness of speech toward you; great is   
   my boasting of you. I am filled with comfort, and I am exceedingly joyful   
   in all our tribulation.   
   5 (Dt 32:25; 2Co 2:13) For when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest,   
   and we were troubled on every side. On the outside were conflicts; on the   
   inside were fears.   
   6 (2Co 1:3-4; 7:13) Nevertheless God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us   
   through the coming of Titus,   
   7 and not only by his coming, but also by the comfort with which he was   
   comforted in you, when he told us about your sincere desire, your mourning,   
   and your zeal toward me, so that I rejoiced even more.   
   8 Though I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it, though   
   I did regret it. For I perceive that this same letter has caused you sorrow,   
   though only for a while.   
   9 (Ac 20:21) Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that your   
   sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorrowful in a godly way, that   
   you might not suffer loss in any way through us.   
   10 (Ac 11:18; 2Sa 12:13) Godly sorrow produces repentance that leads   
   to salvation and brings no regret, but the sorrow of the world produces death.   
   11 (2Co 7:7) For observe this very thing, which you sorrowed in a godly way:   
   What carefulness it produced in you, what vindication of yourselves, what   
   indignation, what fear, what intense desire, what zeal, what avenging   
   of wrong! In all things you have proven yourselves to be innocent in this   
   matter.   
   12 (2Co 2:9) So though I wrote to you, I did it not because of him who had   
   done the wrong, nor because of him who suffered wrong, but that our care   
   for you in the sight of God might be evident to you.   
   13 (2Co 7:6; Ro 15:32) Therefore we were comforted in your comfort.   
   Yes, and we were exceedingly the more joyful for the sake of Titus,   
   because his spirit was refreshed by you all.   
   14 (2Co 7:4; 8:24) So I am not ashamed if I have boasted of anything to him   
   regarding you. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, even our boasting   
   in the presence of Titus is found to be true.   
   15 (Php 2:12; 2Co 2:9) Now his affection abounds all the more toward you, as   
   he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you   
   received him.   
   16 (2Co 2:3) Therefore I rejoice that I have confidence in you in everything.   
      
   [2] Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have   
   defrauded no man.   
   [3] I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in   
   our hearts to die and live with you.   
   [4] Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you:   
   I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.   
   [5] For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we   
   were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.   
   [6] Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us   
   by the coming of Titus;   
   [7] And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was   
   comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your   
   fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.   
   [8] For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did   
   repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it   
   were but for a season.   
   [9] Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to   
      
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