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¹As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.[ † ]1 Corinthians 3:92 Corinthians 5:20

³We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.[ † ]Romans 14:13

⁴Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;[ † ]1 Corinthians 4:1 ⁵in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;[ † ]2 Corinthians 11:23 ⁶in purity, knowledge, patience, and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; ⁷in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;[ † ]2 Corinthians 7:141 Corinthians 2:4Romans 13:122 Corinthians 10:4 ⁸through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine; ⁹unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;[ † ]2 Corinthians 4:22 Corinthians 5:111 Corinthians 4:9-11Psalms 118:18 ¹⁰sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.[ † ]1 Corinthians 1:52 Corinthians 8:9

¹¹We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians. Our hearts are open wide.[ † ]Isaiah 60:52 Corinthians 7:3 ¹²It is not our affection, but yours, that is restrained.[ † ]2 Corinthians 12:15 ¹³As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open wide your hearts also.[ † ]1 Corinthians 4:14

¹⁴Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?[ † ]Deuteronomy 7:2-3Deuteronomy 22:101 Corinthians 5:91 Samuel 5:2-31 Kings 18:21Ephesians 5:6-7, 111 John 1:6 ¹⁵What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?