2 Corinthians 6:17

New International Reader's Version

So, “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch anything that is not pure and ‘clean.’ Then I will receive you.” (Isaiah 52:11; Ezekiel 20:34,41)

Cross References

Ezra 10:11

Now honor the Lord, the God of your people. Then do what he wants you to do. Separate yourselves from the nations around you. Send away your wives from other lands.”

Ezra 6:21

So the Israelites who had returned ate the Passover lamb. They ate it together with all those who had separated themselves from the practices of their Gentile neighbors. Those practices were “unclean.” The people worshiped the Lord. He is the God of Israel.

Proverbs 9:6

Leave your childish ways and you will live. Walk in the way of understanding.”

Isaiah 52:11

You who carry the objects that belong to the Lord’s temple, leave Babylon! Leave it! Get out of there! Don’t touch anything that isn’t pure and “clean.” Come out of Babylon and be pure.

Jeremiah 15:17

I never sat around with those who go to wild parties. I never had a good time with them. I sat alone because you had put your powerful hand on me. Your anger against sin was burning inside me.

Jeremiah 51:6

“People of Judah, run away from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be destroyed because of the sins of its people. It is time for me to pay them back. I will punish them for what they have done.

Numbers 16:21

“Separate yourselves from these people. Then I can put an end to all of them at once.”

Numbers 16:26

Moses warned the community. He said, “Move away from the tents of these evil men! Don’t touch anything that belongs to them. If you do, the Lord will sweep you away because of all their sins.”

Numbers 16:45

“Get away from these people. Then I can put an end to all of them at once.” And Moses and Aaron fell with their faces to the ground.

Acts 2:40

Peter said many other things to warn them. He begged them, “Save yourselves from these evil people.”

Romans 15:7

Christ has accepted you. So accept one another in order to bring praise to God.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Dear friends, we have these promises from God. So let us make ourselves pure from everything that makes our bodies and spirits impure. Let us be completely holy. We want to honor God.

Deuteronomy 14:6

You can eat any animal that has a divided hoof. But it must also chew the cud.

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven. It said, “ ‘Come out of her, my people.’ (Jeremiah 51:45) Then you will not take part in her sins. You will not suffer from any of her plagues.