2 Corinthians 6:14

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2 Corinthians 6:14

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Summary

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Unequally

For

And what

General references

Amos 3:3

Bible References

Unequally

And thou wilt take of his daughters for thy sons, - And his daughters will go unchastely after their gods, And will cause thy sons to go unchastely after their gods.

My statutes, shall ye observe, Thy beasts, shalt thou not cause to breed in two kinds, Thy field, shalt thou not sow with two sorts of seed, - And a garment woven of diverse threads, shalt thou not suffer to come upon thee.

and Yahweh thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them, thou shalt devote them to destruction, thou shalt not solemnise with them a covenant neither shalt thou shew them favour;

Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two sorts of seed, - lest the fulness of the seed which thou sowest, and the increase of thy vineyard be profaned.

Now, when these things were ended, the rulers drew near unto me, saying, The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not kept themselves separate from the peoples of the lands, - in view of their abominations-even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites;

and they gave their hand, that they would put away their wives, - and, being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.

On that day, a portion, was read in the book of Moses, in the ears of the people, - and it was found written therein, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not enter into the convocation of God, unto times age-abiding;

But had fellowship with the nations, and learned their doings;

Do not have friendship with one given to anger, and, with a wrathful man, shall thou not enter in:

Judah, hath dealt treacherously, and, an abomination, hath been wrought in Israel, and in Jerusalem, - for Judah, had profaned, the holy place of Yahweh, which he had loved, and hath taken to himself the daughter of a foreign GOD.

I wrote a unto you in my letter - not to be mixing yourselves up with fornicators; -

A wife, is bound for as long a time as her husband is living; but, if the husband have fallen asleep, she is, free, to be married unto whom she pleaseth, - only, in the Lord;

Be not deceiving yourselves, - evil communications corrupt gentle manners: -

Adulteresses! Know ye not that, the friendship of the world, is, enmity to God? Whosoever, therefore, is minded to be, a friend, of the world, an enemy of God, doth constitute himself.

For

And, when the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, - and placed it by the side of Dagon.

And Elijah drew near unto all the people, and said - How long are ye limping on the two divided opinions? If, Yahweh, be GOD, follow, him, but, if, Baal, follow, him. But the people answered him, not a word.

And there came out to meet him, Jehu son of Hanani, the seer, who said unto King Jehoshaphat, Unto the lawless, was it right to give help? and, on them who hate Yahweh, to bestow thy love? For this cause, therefore, is there wrath against thee, from before Yahweh;

It belongeth unto the holy ones, whom, in his own land, Yahweh, ennobleth, In whom is all his delight

I have not sat with men of deceit, nor, with dissemblers, would I enter;

If we had forgotten the Name of our God, And had spread forth our hands unto the GOD of the foreigner,

I will not set before mine eyes, a vile thing, - The doing of them who fall away, I hate, It shall not cleave unto me;

Companion, am I, to all who revere thee, and to them who keep thy precepts.

Do I not hate, them who hate thee, O Yahweh? And loathe, them who rise up against thee?

An abomination to the righteous, is the man of perversity, and, an abomination to the lawless, is a man of straightforward way.

The world cannot hate you; but, me, it hateth, because, I, bear witness concerning it, that, the works thereof, are, wicked.

If, the world, is hating, you, ye are getting to know that, me, before you, it hath hated.

But, when they had been let go, they came unto their own friends , and told as many things as, unto them, the High-priests and Elders, had said.

Ye cannot be drinking - a cup of the Lord, and a cup of demons; ye cannot be partaking of, a table of the Lord, and a table of demons.

Let no one be deceiving you with empty words; for, because of these things, is coming the anger of God upon the sons of obstinacy:

Not just as, Cain, was, of the wicked one, and slew his brother! And, for what cause, slew he him? Because, his works, were, wicked, whereas, those of his brother, were, righteous.

And what

Riches and honour, are with me, lordly wealth, and righteousness;

The night, is far spent and, the day, hath drawn near; let us, then, cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light, -

This, therefore, am I saying and protesting in the Lord: - that, no longer, ye walk even as, the nations, walk - in the vanity of their minds,

For ye were, at one time, darkness, but, now, are ye light in the Lord, - as children of light, be walking,

In order that ye may become faultless and inviolate, children of God, blameless amidst a crooked and perverted generation, amongst whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,

But, ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that, the day, upon you, as upon thieves, should lay hold;

But, ye, are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a peculiar treasure, that, the excellences, ye may tell forth, of him who, out of darkness, hath called you into his marvellous light: -

To the end that, no longer, in men's covetings, but in God's will, ye may live, the still remaining time.

And this is the message which we have heard from him, and are reporting unto you, - that, God, is, light, and in him is, no darkness at all.

General references

Ye shall not make aught beside me, - neither gods of silver, nor gods of gold, shall ye make to yourselves.

And thou wilt take of his daughters for thy sons, - And his daughters will go unchastely after their gods, And will cause thy sons to go unchastely after their gods.

neither shalt thou intermarry with them, - thy daughter, shalt thou not give unto his son, nor his daughter, shalt thou take for thy son;

Do not have friendship with one given to anger, and, with a wrathful man, shall thou not enter in:

Can two walk together, - except they meet?