1Peb cov uas ua Vajtswv tes haujlwm, peb ntuas nej hais tias nej tsis txhob ua rau tej koob hmoov uas Vajtswv foom rau nej lawm tsis muaj nqis. 2Rau qhov Vajtswv txojlus hais tias, “Thaum lub sijhawm uas kuv txaus siab rau nej, thaum ntawd kuv mloog nej tej lus thov. Hnub uas nej dim yog kuv pab nej.” Nej ua tib zoo mloog kuv tej lus. Lub sijhawm no yog lub sijhawm uas Vajtswv pom zoo pab nej. Hnub no yog hnub ua nej yuav dim tau nej lub txim. 3Peb yeej tsis xav cia leejtwg thuam tau peb tes haujlwm, peb thiaj tsis muab ib yam dabtsi los cuab leejtwg kev. 4Peb ua txhua yam rau sawvdaws pom hais tias peb yog Vajtswv cov tubtxib. Peb ua siab ntev tiv teebmeem, nyiaj kev txomnyem thiab kev nyuaj siab. 5Luag muab peb nplawm, muab peb kaw rau hauv tsev lojcuj thiab puav peb ntes. Peb ua haujlwm khwv khwv yoo dab ntub zias thiab yoo tshaib yoo nqhis; 6txawm yog li ntawd los peb ua siab dawb siab zoo, paub qhov tseeb, ua siab ntev, muaj lub siab hlub lwm tus, sawvdaws thiaj pom hais tias peb yog Vajtswv cov tubtxib. Peb muaj lub siab hlub sawvdaws tiag tiag, 7peb niaj hnub qhia Vajtswv txojlus uas yog qhov tseeb thiab peb lub neej ua rau sawvdaws pom Vajtswv lub hwjchim. Tej cuabyeej uas peb siv tawmtsam yeebncuab thiab ntis peb lub cev twb yog qhov uas peb ua peb lub neej zoo thiab ncaj ncees. 8Tej neeg muaj ibtxhia hwm peb, ibtxhia saib tsis taus peb. Ibtxhia thuam peb ibtxhia qhuas peb. Txawm yog peb yeej hais lus tseeb xwb los tseem muaj neeg hais tias peb hais dag; 9peb zoo li cov neeg uas tsis muaj leejtwg paub, tiamsis sawvdaws puavleej paub peb. Peb zoo li cov neeg uas tuag lawm, tiamsis nej sim siab peb tseem muaj sia nyob. Luag tsimtxom peb, tiamsis peb tsis tuag; 10peb muaj kev txhawj xeeb, tiamsis peb tseem niaj hnub zoo siab. Peb yog neeg pluag, tiamsis peb tseem ua rau ntau leej npluanuj. Peb tsis muaj ib yam dabtsi li, tiamsis qhov tseemceeb ib puas tsav yam puavleej yog peb tug. 11Cov kwvtij uas nyob hauv lub nroog Kauleethaus, peb twb nthuav peb lub siab lub ntsws qhia tseeb rau nej lawm, peb tsis tau zais ib los hlo li. 12Peb tsis tau zais siab rau nej, tsuas yog nej thiaj zais siab rau peb xwb. 13Kuv suav hais tias nej yog kuv cov menyuam, kuv thiaj hais li no rau nej, nej cia li qhia hlo nej lub siab rau peb ib yam li peb twb qhia peb lub siab rau nej lawm.
Peb Lub Cev Yog Vajtswv Qhov Chaw Nyob
14Tus uas ntseeg Vajtswv tsis txhob mus nrog tus uas tsis ntseeg koom kwv ib tug quab, rau qhov nkawd yeej kwv tsis tau ua ke. Qhov phem thiab qhov zoo, qhov kaj thiab qhov tsaus yeej nyob tsis tau ua ke. 15Yexus Khetos thiab dab Ntxwgnyoog yeej nyob tsis tau ua ke. Tus uas ntseeg thiab tus uas tsis ntseeg nyias yeej nyiam nyias lawm ib yam. 16Yeej tsis muaj leejtwg yuav nqa mlom mus teev hauv Vajtswv lub tuamtsev, rau qhov peb lub cev yog Vajtswv tus uas muaj sia nyob lub tuamtsev. Raws li Vajtswv txojlus uas hais tias, “Kuv yuav muab lawv ua kuv qhov chaw nyob thiab kuv yuav niaj hnub nrog lawv nyob. Kuv yuav yog lawv tus Vajtswv thiab lawv yuav yog kuv haivneeg.” 17Yog li ntawd tus Tswv thiaj hais tias, “Nej cia li tso plhuav lawv cov ntawd tseg mus nyob rau ibcag, thiab nej tsis txhob kov tej uas qias kuv thiaj yuav yuav nej. 18Kuv yuav yog nej txiv, nej yuav yog kuv cov tub cov ntxhais. Tus Tswv uas muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus yog tus uas hais li no.”
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1As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. 2For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.”⚓ I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.
Paul’s Hardships
3We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited. 4Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; 5in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; 6in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; 7in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; 8through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors; 9known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; 10sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything. 11We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you. 12We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us. 13As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open wide your hearts also.
Warning Against Idolatry
14Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15What harmony is there between Christ and Belial⚓ ? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”⚓ 17Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate,
Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”⚓ 18And, “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,