Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? New Living Translation What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever? English Standard Version What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? Berean Standard Bible What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? Berean Literal Bible And what harmony has Christ with Belial? Or what part to a believer is with an unbeliever? King James Bible And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? New King James Version And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? New American Standard Bible Or what harmony does Christ have with Belial, or what does a believer share with an unbeliever? NASB 1995 Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? NASB 1977 Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? Legacy Standard Bible Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? Amplified Bible What harmony can there be between Christ and Belial (Satan)? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? Christian Standard Bible What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? Holman Christian Standard Bible What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? American Standard Version And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever? Contemporary English Version Is Christ a friend of Satan? Can people who follow the Lord have anything in common with those who don't? English Revised Version And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever? GOD'S WORD® Translation Can Christ agree with the devil? Can a believer share life with an unbeliever? Good News Translation How can Christ and the Devil agree? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? International Standard Version What harmony exists between the Messiah and Beliar, or what do a believer and an unbeliever have in common? Majority Standard Bible What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? NET Bible And what agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what does a believer share in common with an unbeliever? New Heart English Bible What agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever? Webster's Bible Translation And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? Weymouth New Testament Where can harmony between Christ and Belial be found? Or what participation has a believer with an unbeliever? World English Bible What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what portion does a believer have with an unbeliever? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd what fellowship to light with darkness? And what concord to Christ with Belial? Or what part to a believer with an unbeliever? Berean Literal Bible And what harmony has Christ with Belial? Or what part to a believer is with an unbeliever? Young's Literal Translation and what fellowship to light with darkness? and what concord to Christ with Belial? or what part to a believer with an unbeliever? Smith's Literal Translation And what conformity to Christ with Belial? and what part to the believing with the unbelieving? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath the faithful with the unbeliever? Catholic Public Domain Version And how can Christ join together with Belial? Or what part do the faithful have with the unfaithful? New American Bible What accord has Christ with Beliar? Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? New Revised Standard Version What agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what does a believer share with an unbeliever? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleOr what accord has Christ with Satan? Or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever? Aramaic Bible in Plain English What harmony has The Messiah with Satan? What lot has a believer with an unbeliever? NT Translations Anderson New TestamentWhat agreement has Christ with Belial? What connection has a believer with an unbeliever? Godbey New Testament What concord of Christ unto Belial? or what part has a faithful man with an infidel? Haweis New Testament and what concord of Christ with Belial? or what share hath he that believeth with an infidel? Mace New Testament what concord can Christ maintain with Belial? what concern has a believer with an infidel? Weymouth New Testament Where can harmony between Christ and Belial be found? Or what participation has a believer with an unbeliever? Worrell New Testament And what concord of Christ is there with Belial? or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever? Worsley New Testament what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath a believer with an infidel? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Do Not Be Unequally Yoked14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”… Cross References 1 Corinthians 10:21 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 John 3:8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. Matthew 6:24 No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. 1 John 5:19 We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one. Ephesians 5:6-8 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. / Therefore do not be partakers with them. / For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, John 8:44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies. 1 Corinthians 5:9-11 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. / I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. / But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. 1 John 2:15-17 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. / The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. James 4:4 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. Romans 13:12-14 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. / Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. / Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh. Galatians 5:19-21 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Colossians 3:5-10 Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. / When you lived among them, you also used to walk in these ways. ... 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. 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. Deuteronomy 7:2-6 and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy. / Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, / because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you. ... Treasury of Scripture And what concord has Christ with Belial? or what part has he that believes with an infidel? what concord. 1 Samuel 5:2-4 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon… 1 Kings 18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. 1 Corinthians 10:20,21 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils… or. Ezra 4:3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us. Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. Acts 8:20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. an. 1 Timothy 5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. Jump to Previous Accord Agreement Belial Believer Believeth Christ Common Consent Evil Faith Fellowship Found Harmony Infidel Part Participation Portion UnbelieverJump to Next Accord Agreement Belial Believer Believeth Christ Common Consent Evil Faith Fellowship Found Harmony Infidel Part Participation Portion Unbeliever2 Corinthians 6 1. That he has approved himself a faithful minister of Christ by his exhortations,3. and by integrity of life, 4. and by patiently enduring all kinds of affliction and disgrace for the gospel. 10. Of which he speaks the more boldly amongst them because his heart is open to them, 13. and he expects the like affection from them again; 14. exhorting them to flee the society and pollutions of idolaters, 17. as being themselves temples of the living God. What harmony The Greek word for "harmony" here is "συμφώνησις" (symphōnēsis), which implies agreement or concord. This term suggests a deep, intrinsic unity that goes beyond mere surface-level agreement. In the context of the early church, this would have been understood as a call to spiritual and moral alignment with Christ, emphasizing that true harmony can only exist when one's life is in tune with the teachings and spirit of Jesus. Historically, the early Christians faced significant pressure to conform to the pagan practices around them, and this rhetorical question underscores the impossibility of blending the sacred with the profane. between Christ and Belial Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? "Belial came last, than whom a spirit more lewd, Fell not from heaven, or more gross to love Vice for itself."--Paradise Lost, i. 490. "Belial, the dissolutest spirit that fell, The sensualest, and, after Asmodai, . . . Verse 15. - Concord; literally, harmony or accord. The word does not occur elsewhere in the New Testament or in the LXX. The adjective sumphonos occurs in 1 Corinthians 7:5. Christ with Belial (see 1 Corinthians 10:21), Belial. Here used in the form Beliar, as a proper name, because no Greek word ends in the letter τ. In the Old Testament it does not stand for a person, but means "wickedness" or "worthlessness." Thus in Proverbs 6:12 "a naughty person" is adam belial. "A son of Belial" means "a child of wickedness" by a common Hebraism (Deuteronomy 13:13; Judges 19:22). And hence, since Belial only became a proper name in later days -"To him no temples rose, Greek Whatτίς (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. harmony συμφώνησις (symphōnēsis) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 4857: Harmony, agreement, concord. From sumphoneo; accordance. [is there between] Christ Χριστοῦ (Christou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. and πρὸς (pros) Preposition Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. Belial? Βελιάρ (Beliar) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 955: Belial, a demon, and in fact a name for Satan. Of Hebrew origin; worthlessness; Belial, as an epithet of Satan. Or ἢ (ē) Conjunction Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. what τίς (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. {does} a believer πιστῷ (pistō) Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 4103: Trustworthy, faithful, believing. From peitho; objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful. have in common μερὶς (meris) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3310: Feminine of meros; a portion, i.e. Province, share or participation. with μετὰ (meta) Preposition Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. an unbeliever? ἀπίστου (apistou) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 571: (passively) untrustworthy (person), or incredible (thing). Links 2 Corinthians 6:15 NIV2 Corinthians 6:15 NLT 2 Corinthians 6:15 ESV 2 Corinthians 6:15 NASB 2 Corinthians 6:15 KJV 2 Corinthians 6:15 BibleApps.com 2 Corinthians 6:15 Biblia Paralela 2 Corinthians 6:15 Chinese Bible 2 Corinthians 6:15 French Bible 2 Corinthians 6:15 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 6:15 What agreement has Christ with Belial? (2 Cor. 2C iiC 2Cor ii cor iicor) |
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