2 Corinthians 6:11-18
Be Holy
11 O Corinthians! We have spoken openly to you, our heart is wide open.
12 You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.
13 Now in return for the same (I speak as to children), you also be open.
14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?
15 And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?
16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said:
“I will dwell in them
And walk among them.
I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.”
17 Therefore
“Come out from among them
And be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean,
And I will receive you.”
18 “I will be a Father to you,
And you shall be My sons and daughters,
Says the Lord Almighty.”
Context
- How had Paul opened his heart to them in his struggles & victories? (2 Corinthians 1:14, 6:3-10, 12:19)
Reflection
- Why such stern warnings against idolatry? (Lv 26:1, 2, 11, 12, 2 Sam 7:14, Deuteronomy 32:15-21, Isaiah 52:11, 1 Corinthians 10:14)
- What’s so dangerous about an ‘unequal yoke’? Why are Paul’s 5 questions so important? (Genesis 19:12-14, Deuteronomy 22:10, John 1:5, 1 John 1:5, 1 Corinthians 5:9, 1 Peter 1:15, 16)
- Why Does separation not mean ‘segregation’? (1 Corinthians 5:9-11, 7:12-15, 1 Peter 3:15)
Testimony Time
- How are we the ‘temple of the living God’? (1 Corinthians 3:16-19, 6:19, 20, Ephesians 2:22)
- How can believers be separate from-but still reach the world? (Exodus 25:8, Isaiah 51:11-12, Acts 10:1-20, 34-43, Romans 12:2, 1 Peter 2:7, 8, 1 John 2:15-17)
