¹We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

¹A kakor sodelavci Božji vas tudi opominjamo, da bi ne bili zaman prejeli milosti Božje –

²(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

²govori namreč: „Ob času prijetnem sem te uslišal in v dan zveličanja sem ti pomogel“. Glej, sedaj je čas jako prijeten, glej, sedaj je dan zveličanja; –

³Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

³nikomur v ničemer ne dajemo spotike, da se naši službi nič ne očita,

⁴But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

⁴temuč v vsem se izkazujemo kakor Božje služabnike v mnogem potrpljenju, v stiskah, v potrebah, v težavah,

⁵In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

⁵v udarcih, v ječah, v uporih, v trudih, v nespavanju, v postu;

⁶By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

⁶v čistosti, v znanju, v prizanesljivosti, v dobrotljivosti, v svetem Duhu, v nehinavski ljubezni,

⁷By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

⁷v besedi resnice, v moči Božji; z orožjem pravičnosti na desno in levo,

⁸By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

⁸pri slavi in nečasti, na slabem in dobrem glasu, kakor zapeljivci, in vendar resnični,

⁹As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

⁹kakor neznani, a dobro znani, kakor umirajoči, in glej, živimo, kakor kaznjeni, in vendar ne umorjeni,

¹⁰As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

¹⁰kakor žalosteči se, a vedno se veselimo, kakor siromaki, a mnoge bogatimo, kakor ničesar neimajoči, pa imamo vse.

¹¹O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.

¹¹Naša usta so odprta k vam, Korinčani, srce naše je razširjeno.

¹²Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.

¹²Vam ni tesno v nas, ali vam je tesno v srcih vaših;

¹³Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.

¹³a da nam isto povrnete (kakor svojim otrokom govorim), razširite se tudi vi.

¹⁴Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

¹⁴Ne vlecite tujega jarma z neverniki. Kako se namreč druži pravica s krivico? ali kakšno tovarištvo ima svetlost s temo?

¹⁵And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

¹⁵Kakšno pa soglasje Kristusa z Belijalom? ali kakšen delež ima vernik z nevernikom?

¹⁶And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

¹⁶A kakšna je zveza templja Božjega z maliki? Kajti mi smo tempelj Boga živega, kakor je rekel Bog: „Prebival bom v njih in med njimi bom hodil, in bodem njih Bog in oni bodo moje ljudstvo.

¹⁷Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

¹⁷Zato odidite izmed njih in se ločite, govori Gospod, in nečistega se ne dotikujte, in jaz vas sprejmem,in bodem vam Oče in vi bodete meni sinovi in hčere, pravi Gospod Vsemogočni“.

¹⁸And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

¹⁸in bodem vam Oče in vi bodete meni sinovi in hčere, pravi Gospod Vsemogočni“.