1 And we co-operating with
Him do also exhort you that ye receive not the grace
of God in vain:
2 for He saith note, “I have heard thee in
an acceptable time, and in a day of salvation have I
helped thee.” Behold now is the acceptable time; behold
now is the day of salvation.
3 We note give no offence
in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
4 but in
every thing approving ourselves as the ministers of
God; note by much patience, in afflictions, in necessities,
in straits,
5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults,
in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
6 note by purity,
note by knowledge, note by long-suffering, note by kindness,
note by note the holy Spirit,
7 note by love unfeigned, note by the
word of truth, note by the power of God, note with the
armour of righteousness on the right and on the left;
through honor and dishonor,
8 through evil report and
good report;
9 as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and
yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as
chastened, note but not put to death;
10 as sorrowing, yet always
rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as
having nothing, note yet possessing all things.
11 O Corinthians, our mouth is opened unto you, our
heart is enlarged:
12 ye are not straitened in note us, but ye
are straitened in your own note bowels.
13 Now as note a return
of our love (I speak as to my children) be ye also enlarged
towards us.
14 Be not unsuitably note connected with infidels: for what
fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? or
what communion hath light with darkness?
15 what concord
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hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath a believer
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, “ note note I will dwell in
them, and I will walk among them, and I will be their
God, and they shall be my people.”
17 Wherefore,
“come note out from the midst of them, and be ye separate,
saith the Lord, and touch no unclean thing,” and
I will receive you:
18 and I will be a father unto you, and
ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord
Almighty.
Worsley [1770], THE NEW TESTAMENT OR NEW COVENANT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated from the Greek ACCORDING TO The Present Idiom of the English Tongue. With NOTES and REFERENCES interspersed, as occasion required, to confirm and illustrate the more literal or various Renderings given at the bottom of each page; by which even they, who do not understand the Original, may often judge for themselves of the justness and propriety of the Translation. By the late Mr. JOHN WORSLEY, of Hertford (Printed by R. Hett, LONDON) [word count] [B18100].
