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2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

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ASV

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

KJV

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΜὴMēNotG3361 →
γίνεσθεginesthedo becomeG1096 →
ἑτεροζυγοῦντεςheterozugountesunequally yoked togetherG2086 →
ἀπίστοις·apistoiswith unbelievers;G571 →
τίςtiswhatG5101 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
μετοχὴmetochēpartnership [have]G3352 →
δικαιοσύνῃdikaiosunērighteousnessG1343 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἀνομίᾳ;anomialawlessness?G458 →
ἢēOrG2228 →
τίςtiswhatG5101 →
κοινωνίαkoinōniafellowshipG2842 →
φωτὶphōtilightG5457 →
πρὸςproswithG4314 →
σκότος;skotosdarkness?G4655 →

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1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”1 Corinthians 10:21You 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 4:4You 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.Ephesians 5:6–14Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.Leviticus 19:19You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.Psalms 26:4–5I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.1 Peter 2:9–10But 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.Matthew 5:14You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.Deuteronomy 22:9–11Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled—both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard.Psalms 139:21–22Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?Ephesians 4:17–20So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.1 Thessalonians 5:4–8But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief.1 Corinthians 5:9I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.Psalms 106:35but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.Deuteronomy 7:2–3and 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.1 Kings 18:21Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.Proverbs 22:24Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,Proverbs 29:27An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.

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