2 Corinthians 6:17
Wherefore come ye forth out of their midst, and be separated,—saith [the] Lord,—and, one impure, do not touch; and, I, will give you welcome,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
18And will become your Father, and, ye, shall become my sons and daughters, saith [the] Lord Almighty.
Cross References
Numbers 16:26And he spake unto the assembly, saying—Remove I pray you from beside the tents of these lawless men, and do not touch aught that pertaineth unto them,—lest ye be carried off, in all their sins.
Deuteronomy 14:6And every beast that parteth the hoof and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, chewing the cud, among beasts, the same, shall ye eat.
Ezra 10:11Now, therefore, make confession unto Yahweh God of your fathers, and do his pleasure,—and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.
Proverbs 9:6Forsake the simple ones, and live, and advance in the way of understanding.
Jeremiah 51:6Flee out of the midst of Babylon And deliver ye every man his own life, Be not cut off in her punishment,—For it is Yahweh’s, time of avenging, A recompense, is he repaying unto her.
Acts 2:40And, with many different words, bare he frail witness, and went on exhorting them saying—Be saved from this perverse 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 →