006:005 by floggings, by imprisonments; by facing riots, by toil, by sleepless watching, by hunger and thirst; 006:006 by purity of life, by knowledge, by patience, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love; 006:007 by the proclamation of the truth, by the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness, wielded in both hands; 006:008 through honour and ignominy, through calumny and praise. We are looked upon as impostors and yet are true men; 006:009 as obscure persons, and yet are well known; as on the point of death, and yet, strange to tell, we live; as under God's discipline, and yet we are not deprived of life; 006:010 as sad, but we are always joyful; as poor, but we bestow wealth on many; as having nothing, and yet we securely possess all things. 006:011 O Corinthians, our lips are unsealed to you: our heart is expanded. 006:012 There is no narrowness in our love to you: the narrowness is in your own feelings. 006:013 And in just requital--I speak as to my children--let your hearts expand also. 006:014 Do not come into close association with unbelievers, like oxen yoked with asses. For what is there in common between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what partnership has light with darkness? 006:015 Where can harmony between Christ and Belial be found? Or what participation has a believer with an unbeliever? 006:016 And what compact has the Temple of God with idols? For *we* are the Temple of the ever-living God; as God has said, "I will dwell among them, and walk about among them; and will be their God, and it is they who shall be My people." 006:017 Therefore, "`Come out from among them and separate yourselves,' says the Lord, `and touch nothing impure; and I will receive you, and will be a Father to you, 006:018 and you shall be My sons and daughters,' says the Lord the Ruler of all." 007:001 Having therefore these promises, beloved friends, let us purify ourselves from all defilement of body and of spirit, and secure perfect holiness through the fear of God. 007:002 Make room for us in your hearts. There is not one of you whom we have wronged, not one to whom we have done harm, not one over whom we have gained any selfish advantage. 007:003 I do not say this to imply blame, for, as I have already said, you have such a place in our hearts that we would die with you or live with you. 007:004 I have great confidence in you: very loudly do I boast of you. I am filled with comfort: my heart overflows with joy amid all our affliction. 007:005 For even after our arrival in Macedonia we could get no relief such as human nature craves. We were greatly harassed; there were conflicts without and fears within.