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2Co 6:17. Ἐξέλθετε-μὴ ἅπτεσθε) Isa 52:11, ἀπόστητε, ἀπόστητε, ἐξέλθετε ἐκεῖθεν, καὶ ἀκαθάρτου μὴ ἅψησθε· ἐξέλθτετ ἐκ μέσου αὐτῆς, ἀφορίσθητε, κ.τ.λ.-ἐκ μέσου αὐτῶν, from the midst of them) from the Gentiles.-λέγει Κυρίος, saith the Lord) The additional epithet follows [in 2Co 6:18, augmenting the force of the words by Epitasis (end.)], the Lord Almighty.-ἀκαθάρτου, unclean) The masculine, Isa 52:11; Isa 52:1 : comp. Isa 65:5. To this may be referred, let us cleanse ourselves, ch. 2Co 7:1.-μὴ ἅπτεσθε, touch not) To see, when it is necessary, does not always defile: Act 11:6; to touch is more polluting.-εἰσδέξομαι, I will receive you [within] to me) as into a family or home [Comp. ch. 2Co 5:1-10.-V. g.] We are out of doors, but we are admitted within. The clause, Come out from, etc., corresponds to this. God is in the saints, 2Co 6:16, and the saints are in God. εἰσδέχομαι corresponds to the Hebrew word קנץ, Eze 20:41; Zep 3:19-20.