Bible Chapter Summary
2 Corinthians 6 Summary
Separation and the Temple of God
Paul urges the Corinthians not to receive the grace of God in vain and to give no offense so that the ministry is not blamed. He details the hardships he and his companions endure as ministers of God—stripes, imprisonments, tumults, labors, and various afflictions—yet manifest themselves through the fruits of the Spirit, truth, and God's power. Paul calls the Corinthians to be enlarged in their hearts toward him and them, and he warns them against being unequally yoked with unbelievers, asking what fellowship exists between righteousness and unrighteousness, between Christ and Belial. He exhorts them to come out from among the unclean and be separate, reminding them that they are the temple of the living God.
Key themes
Key verses
2 Corinthians 6:1
“We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.”
2 Corinthians 6:4-10
“But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,”
2 Corinthians 6:14-15
“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?”
2 Corinthians 6:16
“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.”
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