And ^aworking together with Him, ^bwe also urge you not to receive ^cthe grace of God in vain— 2 for He says,“^aAT A FAVORABLE TIME I LISTENED TO YOU,AND ON A DAY OF SALVATION I HELPED YOU.”Behold, now is “A FAVORABLE TIME,” behold, now is “A DAY OF SALVATION”— 3 ^agiving no reason for taking offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited, 4 but in everything ^acommending ourselves as ^1bservants of God, ^cin much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in difficulties, 5 in ^abeatings, in imprisonments, in ^1bmob attacks, in labors, in sleeplessness, in ^chunger, 6 in purity, in ^aknowledge, in ^bpatience, in kindness, in the ^cHoly Spirit, in ^dgenuine love, 7 in ^athe word of truth, and in ^bthe power of God; by ^cthe weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left, 8 by glory and ^adishonor, by ^bevil report and good report; regarded as ^cdeceivers and yet ^dtrue; 9 as unknown and yet well known, as ^adying and yet behold, ^bwe are alive; as ¹punished and yet not put to death, 10 as ^asorrowful yet always ^brejoicing, as ^cpoor yet making many rich, as ^dhaving nothing and yet possessing ^eall things.

11 ^aOur mouth ¹has spoken freely to you, you Corinthians, our ^bheart is opened wide. 12 You are not restrained ¹by us, but ^ayou are restrained in your own ²affections. 13 Now in the same way in ^aexchange—I am speaking as to ^bchildren—open wide your hearts to us, you as well.

14 ^aDo not be ¹mismatched with ^bunbelievers; for what do righteousness and lawlessness ^cshare together, or what does light have in common with darkness? 15 Or what ^aharmony does Christ have with ¹Belial, or ²what does a ^bbeliever share with an ^cunbeliever? 16 Or ^awhat agreement does ¹the temple of God have with idols? For we are ^2bthe temple of ^cthe living God; just as God said,“^dI WILL ^eDWELL AMONG THEM AND ^fWALK AMONG THEM;AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.