10 and we are always happy, even in times of suffering. Although we are poor, we have made many people rich. And though we own nothing, everything is ours.
11 Friends in Corinth, we are telling the truth when we say there is room in our hearts for you.
12 We are not holding back on our love for you, but you are holding back on your love for us.
13 I speak to you as I would speak to my own children. Please make room in your hearts for us.
14 Stay away from people who are not followers of the Lord! Can someone who is good get along with someone who is evil? Are light and darkness the same?
15 Is Christ a friend of Satan? Can people who follow the Lord have anything in common with those who don't?
16 Do idols belong in the temple of God? We are the temple of the living God, as God himself says,“I will live with these peopleand walk among them.I will be their God,and they will bemy people.”