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13 I say this as to my own children. You should love us with all your hearts. with those who do not believe. You and they are not equal. How can people who do right, work with those who do not obey God? How can light and darkness be in the same place?

14 How can Christ agree with Belial, the devil? How can a person who believes work with a person who does not believe?

15 Is there anything equal about a house of God and a house of idols? We are a house of the living God. God has said, `I will live in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they will be my people.'

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13 As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children(A)—open wide your hearts(B) also.

Warning Against Idolatry

14 Do not be yoked together(C) with unbelievers.(D) For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?(E) 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial[a]?(F) Or what does a believer(G) have in common with an unbeliever?(H)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:15 Greek Beliar, a variant of Belial