2 Corinthians 6:16
What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
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Exodus 20:3You shall have no other gods before Me.
Exodus 29:45Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.
Leviticus 26:12I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.
Deuteronomy 5:7You shall have no other gods before Me.
Joshua 24:14Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
1 Kings 18:21Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 6:12-18
Cautions against Mingling with Unbelievers. ( a. d. 57.) 11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. 12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. 13 Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged. 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he… Read the whole commentary →