W e then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
6 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
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 that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
1 Yɛn a yɛne no yɛ adwuma, mfa yi yɛsrɛ mo nso sɛ, mmfa Onyankopɔn adom no nnye kwa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
2 (Efisɛ ɔka sɛ, Mitiee wo wɔ bere pa mu, na nkwagyeɛ da no mu na mede boa wo: hwɛ, seesei ne bere pa; hwɛ, seesei ne nkwagyeɛ da.) Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
3 Yɛmma hintidua biara wɔ biribiara mu, sɛnea wɔrenmbɔ ɔsom no soboɔ: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
4 Na mmom nneɛma nyinaa mu, yɛakamfo yɛn ho sɛ Onyankopɔn asomfoɔ, wɔ boterɛ pii mu, wɔ amaneɛ mu, wɔ ahia mu, wɔ ahohia mu, Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
5 Wɔ akaakabɔ mu, wɔ afiase mu, wɔ basabasa mu, wɔ adwuma mu, wɔ anadwo-hwɛ mu, wɔ mmuada mu; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
6 Wɔ ahoteɛ mu, wɔ nimdeɛ mu, wɔ boterɛ mu, wɔ ayamyɛ mu, wɔ Kronkron Honhom mu, wɔ ɔdɔ a ɛnyɛ nyaatwom mu, Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
7 Wɔ nokorɛ asɛm mu, wɔ Onyankopɔn tumi mu, wɔ atenenee akodeɛ a ɛwɔ nifa ne benkum mu, Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
8 Wɔ animuonyam ne animguase mu, wɔ asɛmmɔne ne kamfo mu: sɛ nnaadaafoɔ, nanso yɛdi nokorɛ; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
9 Sɛ wɔnnim yɛn, nanso wɔnim yɛn yiye; sɛ yɛrewu, na hwɛ, yɛte ase; sɛ wɔtwe yɛn aso, na wɔnkum yɛn; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
10 Sɛ awerɛhoɔ wɔ hɔ, nanso bere nyinaa yɛn ani gye; sɛ yɛyɛ mmɔborɔfoɔ ahiafoɔ, nanso yɛma pii yɛ ahonyafoɔ; sɛ yɛnni hwee, nanso yɛwɔ nneɛma nyinaa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
11 O Korintofoɔ, yɛn ano abue ma mo, yɛn akoma abue. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
12 Yɛnnkyekyere mo mu, na mmom mo ankasa mo yafunu mu na wɔkyekyere mo. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
13 Afei, akatua a ɛfata saa, (meka sɛ me mma,) mo nso mumbue mo. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
14 Munnkyekye mo ho mo ho mma mo ne wɔn a wɔnnye nni nyɛ pɛ: efisɛ atenenee wɔ ayɔnkoyɛ bɛn ka amumuyɛ? na hann wɔ ayɔnkoyɛ bɛn ka esum? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
15 Na Kristo ne Belia nya ayɔnkoyɛ bɛn? anaa deɛ ɔgye di no wɔ kyɛfa bɛn wɔ deɛ ɔnnye nni mu? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
16 Na Onyankopɔn asɔredan ne abosom nya ayɔnkoyɛ bɛn? efisɛ mo yɛ Onyankopɔn a ɔte ase no asɔredan; sɛnea Onyankopɔn aka sɛ, Mɛtra wɔn mu, na manantew wɔn mu; na mɛyɛ wɔn Nyankopɔn, na wɔbɛyɛ me nkurɔfoɔ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
17 Enti, momfiri wɔn mu mmra, na mo ne wɔn ntwa mu, Awurade na ɔseɛ, na mommfa mo nsa nnka adeɛ fi biara; na megye mo, Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
18 Na mɛyɛ mo Agya, na mo bɛyɛ me mmabarima ne me mmabaa, Awurade Ɔtumfoɔ na ɔseɛ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn