2 Corinthians 6:17
“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,”
2 Corinthians 6:17 — King James Version
Verse 17 of 18 in 2 Corinthians chapter 6 — King James Version. Read it in context below, with maps, timelines and thematic connections beside the text.
2 Corinthians 6:17 in other translations
- World English Bible
- “Therefore “‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.”
- American Standard Version
- “Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,”
2 Corinthians 6 — full chapter (King James Version)
We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the of God in vain. (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of .) Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy , by love unfeigned, By of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of the right hand and the left, By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; As unknown, and yet known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. O ye , our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath with unrighteousness? and what hath light with darkness? And what concord hath with ? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the of God with idols? for ye are the 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. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.