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2 Corinthians 6:17
2 Corinthians 6:17 is verse 17 of 2 Corinthians chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
Isaiah 52:11; see also Ezekiel 20:34, including LXX.
King James Version
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
World English Bible
Therefore “‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
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2 Corinthians 6:15–18 · Berean Standard Bible
15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
16 What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
17 “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
18 And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Corinthians 7:1Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Numbers 16:21“Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”
Numbers 16:26And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
Numbers 16:45“Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.
Ezra 6:21The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.
Ezra 10:11Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
Psalms 1:3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
Proverbs 9:6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
Isaiah 52:11Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:6Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.
Acts 2:40With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”
Revelation 18:4Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.
John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
Romans 15:7Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.