2 Corinthians 6:17
Therefore, 1 “Come out from among them, 1 and be set apart,” says the Lord. 1 “Touch no unclean thing, 1 and I will welcome you. 1
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18I will be a Father to you, 1 and you will be my sons and daughters,” says the Lord Almighty.
Cross References
Numbers 16:26He spoke to the community and said, “Now leave the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs, or you will be consumed by all their sins.”
Deuteronomy 14:6You may eat any animals that parts the hoof, that is, that has the hoof divided in two, and that chews the cud.
Ezra 10:11But now give praise to Yahweh, your ancestors' God, and do his will. Separate from the people of the land and from the foreign women.”
Proverbs 9:6Leave your naive actions and live; 1 walk in the path of understanding. 1
Jeremiah 51:6Flee from the midst of Babylon; let each man save himself. Do not perish in her iniquity. 1 For it is the time of Yahweh's vengeance. He will repay all of it to her. 1
Acts 2:40With many other words he testified and urged them; he said, “Save yourselves from this wicked generation.”
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 →