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Do Not Be Mis-Yoked To Unbelievers; Be Separated Out To God Your Father

¹⁴ Do not be ones being mis-yoked to unbelievers^[a]. For what partnership is there for righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship is there for light with darkness? ¹⁵ And what is the harmony^[b] of Christ with Beliar^[c]? Or what share is there for a believer with an unbeliever? ¹⁶ And what agreement^[d] is there for the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said [in Lev 26:12], that “I will dwell in them, and I will walk-among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people”. ¹⁷ Therefore, “Come out of their midst and be separated^[e]”, says the Lord, “and do not touch an unclean thing^[f]. And I will take you in ¹⁸ and be a father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me”, says the Lord Almighty. 7 ¹ Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every stain^[g] of flesh and spirit, perfecting^[h] holiness in the fear of God.

Make Room For Us In Your Hearts

² Make-room-for us— we wronged no one, we corrupted^[i] no one, we exploited^[j] no one. ³ I am not speaking for your condemnation. For I have said-before that you are in our hearts so as to die-together and to live-together. ⁴ There is great confidence in me toward you. There is much boasting by me about you.

When I Found Titus In Macedonia, I Was Comforted By His Report About You

I have been filled with comfort. I am super-abounding with joy in all our affliction. ⁵ For indeed we having come to Macedonia^[k], our flesh had no rest, but we were being afflicted in every way— battles^[l] outside, fears inside. ⁶ But the One comforting the downcast^[m], God, comforted us by the coming of Titus; ⁷ and not only by his coming, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted over you while reporting to us your yearning, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced more.