2 Corinthians 6:17 BSB

2 Corinthians 6:17

“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

BSB

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ASV

Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,

KJV

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Wherefore come out from among them,.... Since they were the temple of the living God, built up an habitation for the Most High; since he resided among them, took his walks in the midst of them, was their God, and they were his people. These words are taken out of Isa 52:11 where the several phrases here used may be observed.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And ye shall be to me for sons and for daughters, saith the Lord Almighty - The promise made to Solomon, 1 Chr. xxviii, 6, is here applied to all believers; as the promise made particularly to Josh. is applied to them, Heb. xiii, 5. Who can express the worth, who can conceive the dignity, of this divine adoption? Yet it belongs to all who believe the gospel, who have faith in Christ.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Who can touch pitch, and not be defiled by it? We must take care not to defile ourselves by converse with those who defile themselves with sin; so is the will of God, as we ever hope to be received, and not rejected, by him. (4.) It is base ingratitude to God for all the favours he has bestowed upon believers and promised to them,

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Wherefore - Since you are a special people. Since God, the holy and blessed God, dwells with you and among you. Come out from among them - That is, from among idolaters and unbelievers; from a frivolous and vicious world. These words are taken, by a slight change, from Isa 3:11. They are there applied to the Jews in Babylon, and are a solemn call which God makes on them to leave the place of their exile, to come out from among the idolaters of that city and return to their own land; see my note on that place.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Διὸ	Dio	Therefore	G1352 →
ἐξέλθατε	exelthate	do come out	G1831 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
μέσου	mesou	[the] midst	G3319 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	of them	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀφορίσθητε,	aphoristhēte	do be separate,	G873 →
λέγει	legei	says	G3004 →
κύριος,	kurios	[the] Lord,	G2962 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀκαθάρτου	akathartou	unclean	G169 →
μὴ	mē	nothing	G3361 →
ἅπτεσθε·	haptesthe	do touch;	G681 →
κἀγὼ	kagō	and I myself	G1473 →G2532 →
εἰσδέξομαι	eisdexomai	will receive	G1523 →
ὑμᾶς,	humas	you,	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 4:7
  For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
- 1 Peter 2:11
  Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
- James 4:8
  Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- Proverbs 8:13
  To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
- Psalms 51:10
  Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Through
Revelation 18:4
Then 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.
leads to
- Isaiah 52:11
  Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 51:6
  Flee 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.
- Jeremiah 51:45
  Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About 2 Corinthians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About 2 Corinthians