2 Corinthians 6:14 “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can r…”

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?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Be not vnequally yoked with the infidels: for what fellowship hath righteousnesse with vnrighteousnesse? and what communion hath light with darkenesse?

Darby Translation

Be not diversely yoked with unbelievers; for what participation [is there] between righteousness and lawlessness? or what fellowship of light with darkness?

Young's Literal Translation

Become not yoked with others — unbelievers, for what partaking [is there] to righteousness and lawlessness?

Bible in Basic English

Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?

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Cross references

“unequally”

1 Corinthians 15:33 James 4:4 Leviticus 19:19 Deuteronomy 22:9–11 1 Corinthians 5:9 Psalm 106:35

1 Corinthians 15:33 · BSB

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

James 4:4 · BSB

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.

Leviticus 19:19 · BSB

You 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.

Deuteronomy 22:9–11 · BSB

Do 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.

1 Corinthians 5:9 · BSB

I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

Psalm 106:35 · BSB

but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

“for”

1 Corinthians 10:21 1 Kings 18:21 Proverbs 29:27 John 7:7 Psalm 119:63 Psalm 101:3–5

1 Corinthians 10:21 · BSB

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.

1 Kings 18:21 · BSB

Then 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 29:27 · BSB

An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.

John 7:7 · BSB

The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

Psalm 119:63 · BSB

I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.

Psalm 101:3–5 · BSB

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

“and what”

Ephesians 4:17–20 1 Thessalonians 5:4–8 Philippians 2:15 Romans 13:12–14 1 John 1:5–7 1 Peter 4:2–4

Ephesians 4:17–20 · BSB

So 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 5:4–8 · BSB

But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief.

Philippians 2:15 · BSB

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world

Romans 13:12–14 · BSB

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 1:5–7 · BSB

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.

1 Peter 4:2–4 · BSB

Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open wide your hearts also.

15What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

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