John Bengel Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:14 - 6:14

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John Bengel Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:14 - 6:14


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2Co 6:14. Μὴ γίνεσθε, do not become) a soft expression for be not.-ἑτεροζυγοῦντες, yoked with an alien party [one alien in spirit]) [unequally yoked], Lev 19:19, LXX. τὰ κτήνη σου οὐ κατοχεύσεις ἑτεροζύγῳ, thou shalt not let thy cattle engender with a diverse kind. The believer and the unbeliever are utterly heterogeneous. The notion of slavery approaches to that of a yoke. The word הנצמדים, Num 25:5. The apostle strongly dissuades the Corinthians from marriages with unbelievers; comp. 1Co 7:39, only in the Lord. He however uses such reasons, as may deter them from too close intercourse with unbelievers even in other relations [besides marriage]: comp. 2Co 5:16; 1Co 8:10; 1Co 10:14.-ἀπίστοις, to unbelievers) heathens. He pulls up all the fibres of the foreign root [of foreign and alien connections].-τίς, what?) Five questions, of which the first three have the force of an argument; the fourth, or what, and the fifth, have at the same time also the force of a conclusion.-δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀνομίᾳ, what fellowship is there between righteousness and unrighteousness) The state of believers and unbelievers is altogether different.