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2 Corinthians 6

2 witnesses of Christ here, and 2 further echoes from the reading.

The Servant heard in the day of salvation

(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) 2 Corinthians 6:2

Paul quotes Isaiah 49, where God speaks to His chosen Servant, the Messiah, promising to help Him bring salvation. Because Christ has come, Paul says the day of salvation is now.

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  • quotes Isaiah 49:8 — "In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee".

Christ

Belial — 'worthlessness', a name for Satan

And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 2 Corinthians 6:15

Christ and Satan have nothing in common, so followers of Christ should not bind themselves to what opposes Him.

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How we know: the verse itself names Him

Jehovah dwelling with His covenant people

And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 2 Corinthians 6:16

Paul quotes the covenant promise the LORD made to Israel: He will live among His people as their God. Latter-day Saints understand the God of Israel speaking these words to be Jehovah, the premortal Christ.

A readingJehovah — the LORDHe speaks in the first person
  • quotes Leviticus 26:12 — "I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people."
  • quotes Ezekiel 37:27 — "My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people."

The Lord Almighty

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 2 Corinthians 6:17–18

The Lord promises to receive those who come away from sin and to make them His sons and daughters. The risen Jesus quotes the same Isaiah command in 3 Nephi 20:41, and King Benjamin teaches that covenant people become the sons and daughters of Christ (Mosiah 5:7).

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How we know: Jehovah is the premortal Christ (Abraham 1:16; D&C 110:3–4)

  • quotes Isaiah 52:11 — "go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing".
  • alludes to 2 Samuel 7:14 — "I will be his father, and he shall be my son."