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6:1  As God's partners, we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God's kindness and then ignore it.
6:2  For God says, "At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you." Indeed, the "right time" is now. Today is the day of salvation.
6:3  We live in such a way that no one will stumble because of us, and no one will find fault with our ministry.
6:4  In everything we do, we show that we are true ministers of God. We patiently endure troubles and hardships and calamities of every kind.
6:5  We have been beaten, been put in prison, faced angry mobs, worked to exhaustion, endured sleepless nights, and gone without food.
6:6  We prove ourselves by our purity, our understanding, our patience, our kindness, by the Holy Spirit within us, and by our sincere love.
6:7  We faithfully preach the truth. God's power is working in us. We use the weapons of righteousness in the right hand for attack and the left hand for defense.
6:8  We serve God whether people honor us or despise us, whether they slander us or praise us. We are honest, but they call us impostors.
6:9  We are ignored, even though we are well known. We live close to death, but we are still alive. We have been beaten, but we have not been killed.
6:10  Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, and yet we have everything.
6:11  Oh, dear Corinthian friends! We have spoken honestly with you, and our hearts are open to you.
6:12  There is no lack of love on our part, but you have withheld your love from us.
6:13  I am asking you to respond as if you were my own children. Open your hearts to us!
6:14  Don't team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness?
6:15  What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever?
6:16  And what union can there be between God's temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said: "I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
6:17  Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says the LORD. Don't touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you.
6:18  And I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the LORD Almighty."