6. in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love,
7. in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left,
8. by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; regarded as deceivers and yet true;
9. as unknown yet well-known, as dying yet behold, we live; as punished yet not put to death,
10. as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things.
11. Our mouth has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our heart is opened wide.
12. You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections.
13. Now in a like exchange-I speak as to children-open wide to us also.
14. Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?
15. Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?
16. Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, "I will dwell in them and walk among them; And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.