Words in italic type have been added for clarity. They are not found in the original Hebrew or Aramaic.

What to Learn from this Chapter?

• * The value of God’s grace and the wisdom of spending it wisely.
  * The definition of wisdom: Knowing God’s grace is of more value than anything in the physical world.
  * The world only has vanity (pride) to offer, resulting in emptiness and loneliness.
  * Only a fool chases the offerings of the world.

II Corinthians 6

Marks of the Ministry

II Corinthians 6:1 ¹ We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

• Vain = Vanity that translates as “Empty, without Value, and Useless”.

II Corinthians 6:2 ² For He says:

“In an acceptable time I have heard you,
And in the day of salvation I have helped you.”

Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

• @Prophecy Alert fulfilled.
  Isaiah 49:8 Thus says the Lord: “In an acceptable time I have heard You, And in the day of salvation I have helped You; I will preserve You and give You As a covenant (treaty/oath/promise) to the people, To restore the earth, To cause them to inherit the desolate heritages;

THE PRICE:

II Corinthians 6:³ We give no offense in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed.

II Corinthians 6:⁴ But in all things we commend ourselves as ministers of God: in much patience (endurance), in tribulations, in needs, in distresses,

II Corinthians 6:⁵ in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings;

II Corinthians 6:⁶ by purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere (Lit. unhypocritical) love,

II Corinthians 6:⁷ by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

II Corinthians 6:⁸ by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

II Corinthians 6:⁹ as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed;

II Corinthians 6:¹⁰ as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Be Holy

II Corinthians 6:¹¹ O Corinthians! We have spoken openly to you (Lit. Our mouth is open), our heart is wide open.

II Corinthians 6:¹² You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.

II Corinthians 6:¹³ Now in return for the same (I speak as to children), you also be open.

PEACE	HAS NOTHING IN COMMON WITH	TURMOIL	(VERSES)
Believer	OR	Non Believer	Psalm 14:1, Psalm 53:1, II Corinthians 6:14
Righteousness	OR	Lawlessness	II Corinthians 6:14
Light	OR	Darkness	II Corinthians 6:14
Christ	OR	Satan	II Corinthians 6:15
Temple of God	OR	Idols	II Corinthians 6:16
Fresh Water	OR	Salt Water	James 3:12
Wise	OR	Fool	Proverbs 26:4-5, Psalm 14:1, Psalm 53:1, Daniel 12:10
Forgiven/Free	OR	Sinful/Bondage	Galatians 5:1
Clean	OR	Unclean	Isaiah 52:11

II Corinthians 6:¹⁴ Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness (in common) with lawlessness ? And what communion (fellowship) has light with darkness?

II Corinthians 6:¹⁵ And what accord has Christ with Belial (The Devil)? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?

II Corinthians 6:¹⁶ And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

• Zechariah 4:9-10 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; His hands shall also finish it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.¹⁰ For who has despised the day of small things?” NOTE: Jesus is the foundation stone:
  
• Ephesians 2:20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, Therefore: being called by God, and growing in God, do not think the beginning is a small thing.

• God is building His Temple with stones of the faithful, each one a gem in his own right. Each stone begins with a seed and grows into God’s harvest. When the harvest is finished the Temple is completed.

• The New Jerusalem will have a different kind of temple: Revelation 21:22 The Glory of the New Jerusalem – But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

II Corinthians 6:¹⁶ (Continued)
“I will dwell in them
And walk among them.

• Remember When….
• Gen 3:⁸ And they heard the sound (voice) of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool (wind/breeze) of the day.

II Corinthians 6:¹⁶ (Continued)
I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.”

• Jeremiah 24:7 Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.

• Jeremiah 32:38 They shall be My people, and I will be their God;

II Corinthians 6:¹⁷ Therefore

“Come out from among them
And be separate (holy), says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean,
And I will receive you.”

• Leviticus 20:26 And you shall be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.

The Value of God’s Grace:

II Corinthians 6:¹⁸ “I will be a Father to you,
And you shall be My sons and daughters,
Says the Lord Almighty.”

• Galatians 4:6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
  
• Romans 8:17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
  
• Matthew 19:29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.
  
• Daniel 7:14 Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed.
  
• Daniel 7:27 Then the kingdom and dominion, And the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, Shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And all dominions shall serve and obey Him.’
  
• Daniel 7:22 until the Ancient of Days came, and a judgment was made in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for the saints to possess the kingdom.
  
• Psalm 2:8 Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession.
  
• I Corinthians 6:2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world?
  
• Titus 3:7 That having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.