Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? New Living Translation Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? English Standard Version Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? Berean Standard Bible Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? Berean Literal Bible Do not become unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? King James Bible Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? New King James Version Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? New American Standard Bible Do not be mismatched with unbelievers; for what do righteousness and lawlessness share together, or what does light have in common with darkness? NASB 1995 Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? NASB 1977 Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? Legacy Standard Bible Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? Amplified Bible Do not be unequally bound together with unbelievers [do not make mismatched alliances with them, inconsistent with your faith]. For what partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? Christian Standard Bible Do not be yoked together with those who do not believe. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? Holman Christian Standard Bible Do not be mismatched with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? American Standard Version Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? Contemporary English Version Stay away from people who are not followers of the Lord! Can someone who is good get along with someone who is evil? Are light and darkness the same? English Revised Version Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? GOD'S WORD® Translation Stop forming inappropriate relationships with unbelievers. Can right and wrong be partners? Can light have anything in common with darkness? Good News Translation Do not try to work together as equals with unbelievers, for it cannot be done. How can right and wrong be partners? How can light and darkness live together? International Standard Version Stop becoming unevenly yoked with unbelievers. What partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? What fellowship can light have with darkness? Majority Standard Bible Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? NET Bible Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness? New Heart English Bible Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? Webster's Bible Translation Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? Weymouth New Testament 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? World English Bible Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionDo not become yoked with others—unbelievers, for what partaking [is there] to righteousness and lawlessness? Berean Literal Bible Do not become unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? Young's Literal Translation Become not yoked with others -- unbelievers, for what partaking is there to righteousness and lawlessness? Smith's Literal Translation Be not unequally yoked together with the unbelieving: for what participation to justice and iniquity and what communion to light with darkness? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBear not the yoke with unbelievers. For what participation hath justice with injustice? Or what fellowship hath light with darkness? Catholic Public Domain Version Do not choose to bear the yoke with unbelievers. For how can justice be a participant with iniquity? Or how can the fellowship of light be a participant with darkness? New American Bible Do not be yoked with those who are different, with unbelievers. For what partnership do righteousness and lawlessness have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? New Revised Standard Version Do not be mismatched with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship is there between light and darkness? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleDo not unite in marriage with unbelievers, for what fellowship has righteousness with iniquity? Or what mingling has light with darkness? Aramaic Bible in Plain English Do not be associates with those who are unbelievers; for what partnership has righteousness with evil, or what intimacy has light with darkness? NT Translations Anderson New TestamentBe not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? What communion has light with darkness? Godbey New Testament Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what participation is there to righteousness and unrighteousness? or what fellowship has light unto darkness? Haweis New Testament Be not unequally yoked with infidels; for what participation hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what fellowship is there between light and darkness? Mace New Testament Are you not become associates with infidels? but what affinity is there between virtue and vice? and what communication has light with darkness? Weymouth New Testament 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? Worrell New Testament Become not unequally yoked with unbelievers; for what fellowship have righteousness and lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? Worsley New Testament Be not unsuitably connected with infidels: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? or what communion hath light with darkness? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Do Not Be Unequally Yoked13As a fair exchange, I ask you as my children: Open wide your hearts also. 14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? 15What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?… Cross References 1 Corinthians 5:9-11 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. / I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. / But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. Ephesians 5:6-11 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. / Therefore do not be partakers with them. / For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, ... 1 John 1:5-7 And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. / If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. / But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 1 Corinthians 10:21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too. James 4:4 You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God. 1 John 2:15-17 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. / The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. 1 Thessalonians 5:5 For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness. Galatians 5:16-17 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. / For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want. Matthew 6:24 No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. John 15:19 If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. Romans 13:12 The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 1 John 3:10 By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother. Deuteronomy 7:2-4 and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy. / Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, / because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you. Treasury of Scripture Be you not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion has light with darkness? unequally. Exodus 34:16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. Leviticus 19:19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. Deuteronomy 7:2,3 And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: … for. 1 Samuel 5:2,3 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon… 1 Kings 18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. 2 Chronicles 19:2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD. and what. Proverbs 8:18,19 Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness… Romans 13:12-14 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light… Ephesians 4:17-20 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, … Jump to Previous Asses Bound Close Common Communion Company Dark Darkness Evil Faith Fellowship Iniquity Light Others Oxen Partaking Partnership Righteousness Together Unbelievers Unrighteousness Wickedness YokedJump to Next Asses Bound Close Common Communion Company Dark Darkness Evil Faith Fellowship Iniquity Light Others Oxen Partaking Partnership Righteousness Together Unbelievers Unrighteousness Wickedness Yoked2 Corinthians 6 1. That he has approved himself a faithful minister of Christ by his exhortations,3. and by integrity of life, 4. and by patiently enduring all kinds of affliction and disgrace for the gospel. 10. Of which he speaks the more boldly amongst them because his heart is open to them, 13. and he expects the like affection from them again; 14. exhorting them to flee the society and pollutions of idolaters, 17. as being themselves temples of the living God. Do not be unequally yoked The phrase "unequally yoked" comes from the Greek word "heterozygeō," which refers to the practice of yoking together two different kinds of animals, such as an ox and a donkey, which was forbidden in the Mosaic Law (Deuteronomy 22:10). This metaphor illustrates the incompatibility of believers and unbelievers in close partnerships, particularly in marriage or spiritual endeavors. The imagery of a yoke suggests a binding relationship that requires harmony and shared direction. In a conservative Christian perspective, this command is a call to maintain spiritual purity and to avoid compromising one's faith by forming intimate alliances with those who do not share the same commitment to Christ. with unbelievers For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? Parallel Commentaries ... Greek {Do} notΜὴ (Mē) Adverb Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. be γίνεσθε (ginesthe) Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. unequally yoked ἑτεροζυγοῦντες (heterozygountes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 2086: To be yoked up differently, to be unequally yoked. From a compound of heteros and zugos; to yoke up differently, i.e. to associate discordantly. with unbelievers. ἀπίστοις (apistois) Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's 571: (passively) untrustworthy (person), or incredible (thing). For γὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. what τίς (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. partnership [can] μετοχὴ (metochē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3352: Sharing, partnership, fellowship. From metecho; participation, i.e. Intercourse. righteousness δικαιοσύνῃ (dikaiosynē) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 1343: From dikaios; equity; specially justification. [have with] καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. wickedness? ἀνομίᾳ (anomia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 458: Lawlessness, iniquity, disobedience, sin. From anomos; illegality, i.e. Violation of law or wickedness. Or ἢ (ē) Conjunction Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. what τίς (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. fellowship κοινωνία (koinōnia) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 2842: From koinonos; partnership, i.e. participation, or intercourse, or benefaction. [does] light [have] φωτὶ (phōti) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's 5457: Light, a source of light, radiance. From an obsolete phao; luminousness. with πρὸς (pros) Preposition Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. darkness? σκότος (skotos) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 4655: Darkness, either physical or moral. From the base of skia; shadiness, i.e. Obscurity. Links 2 Corinthians 6:14 NIV2 Corinthians 6:14 NLT 2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV 2 Corinthians 6:14 NASB 2 Corinthians 6:14 KJV 2 Corinthians 6:14 BibleApps.com 2 Corinthians 6:14 Biblia Paralela 2 Corinthians 6:14 Chinese Bible 2 Corinthians 6:14 French Bible 2 Corinthians 6:14 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 6:14 Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers (2 Cor. 2C iiC 2Cor ii cor iicor) |
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