2 Corinthians 6 - Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012（CEVUK）

1We work together with God, and we beg you to make good use of God's kindness to you.

2In the Scriptures God says,

“When the time came,

I listened to you,

and when you needed help,

I came to save you.”

That time has come. This is the day for you to be saved.

3We don't want anyone to find fault with our work, and so we try hard not to cause problems.

4But in everything and in every way we show that we truly are God's servants. We have always been patient, though we have had a lot of trouble, suffering, and hard times.

5We have been beaten, put in jail, and hurt in riots. We have worked hard and have gone without sleep or food. Can people who follow the Lord have anything in common with those who don't?

16Do idols belong in the temple of God? We are the temple of the living God, as God himself says,

“I will live with these people

and walk among them.

I will be their God,

and they will be

my people.”

17The Lord also says,

“Leave them and stay away!

Don't touch anything

that isn't clean.

Then I will welcome you

18and be your Father.

You will be my sons

and my daughters,

as surely as I am God,

the All-Powerful.”