Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? New Living Translation What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever? English Standard Version What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? Berean Standard Bible What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? Berean Literal Bible And what harmony has Christ with Belial? Or what part to a believer is with an unbeliever? King James Bible And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? New King James Version And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? New American Standard Bible Or what harmony does Christ have with Belial, or what does a believer share with an unbeliever? NASB 1995 Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? NASB 1977 Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? Legacy Standard Bible Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? Amplified Bible What harmony can there be between Christ and Belial (Satan)? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? Christian Standard Bible What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? Holman Christian Standard Bible What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? American Standard Version And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever? Aramaic Bible in Plain English What harmony has The Messiah with Satan? What lot has a believer with an unbeliever? Contemporary English Version Is Christ a friend of Satan? Can people who follow the Lord have anything in common with those who don't? Douay-Rheims Bible And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath the faithful with the unbeliever? English Revised Version And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever? GOD'S WORD® Translation Can Christ agree with the devil? Can a believer share life with an unbeliever? Good News Translation How can Christ and the Devil agree? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? International Standard Version What harmony exists between the Messiah and Beliar, or what do a believer and an unbeliever have in common? Literal Standard Version And what fellowship to light with darkness? And what concord to Christ with Belial? Or what part to a believer with an unbeliever? Majority Standard Bible What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? New American Bible What accord has Christ with Beliar? Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? NET Bible And what agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what does a believer share in common with an unbeliever? New Revised Standard Version What agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what does a believer share with an unbeliever? New Heart English Bible What agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever? Webster's Bible Translation And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? Weymouth New Testament Where can harmony between Christ and Belial be found? Or what participation has a believer with an unbeliever? World English Bible What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what portion does a believer have with an unbeliever? Young's Literal Translation and what fellowship to light with darkness? and what concord to Christ with Belial? or what part to a believer with an unbeliever? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Do Not Be Unequally Yoked14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”… Cross References Judges 19:22 While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, "Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!" Judges 20:13 Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil." But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites. 1 Samuel 2:12 Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD Acts 5:14 Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord--large numbers of both men and women. 1 Corinthians 6:6 Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers! 1 Corinthians 10:21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too. 1 Peter 1:21 Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God. Treasury of Scripture And what concord has Christ with Belial? or what part has he that believes with an infidel? what concord. 1 Samuel 5:2-4 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon… 1 Kings 18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. 1 Corinthians 10:20,21 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils… or. Ezra 4:3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us. Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. Acts 8:20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. an. 1 Timothy 5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. Jump to Previous Accord Agreement Belial Believer Believeth Christ Common Consent Evil Faith Fellowship Found Harmony Infidel Part Participation Portion UnbelieverJump to Next Accord Agreement Belial Believer Believeth Christ Common Consent Evil Faith Fellowship Found Harmony Infidel Part Participation Portion Unbeliever2 Corinthians 6 1. That he has approved himself a faithful minister of Christ by his exhortations,3. and by integrity of life, 4. and by patiently enduring all kinds of affliction and disgrace for the gospel. 10. Of which he speaks the more boldly amongst them because his heart is open to them, 13. and he expects the like affection from them again; 14. exhorting them to flee the society and pollutions of idolaters, 17. as being themselves temples of the living God. (15) What concord hath Christ with Belial?--The passage is remarkable as being the only occurrence of the name in the New Testament, all the more so because it does not appear in the Greek version of the Old. The Hebrew word signifies "vileness, worthlessness;" and the "sons of Belial" (as in Deuteronomy 13:13; 1Samuel 2:12; 1Samuel 25:17) were therefore the worthless and the vile. The English version, following the Vulgate, translates the phrase as though Belial were a proper name, and this has led to the current belief, as shown in Milton's poems, that it was the name of a demon or fallen angel, the representative of impurity-- "Belial came last, than whom a spirit more lewd, Fell not from heaven, or more gross to love Vice for itself."--Paradise Lost, i. 490. "Belial, the dissolutest spirit that fell, The sensualest, and, after Asmodai, . . . Verse 15. - Concord; literally, harmony or accord. The word does not occur elsewhere in the New Testament or in the LXX. The adjective sumphonos occurs in 1 Corinthians 7:5. Christ with Belial (see 1 Corinthians 10:21), Belial. Here used in the form Beliar, as a proper name, because no Greek word ends in the letter τ. In the Old Testament it does not stand for a person, but means "wickedness" or "worthlessness." Thus in Proverbs 6:12 "a naughty person" is adam belial. "A son of Belial" means "a child of wickedness" by a common Hebraism (Deuteronomy 13:13; Judges 19:22). And hence, since Belial only became a proper name in later days -"To him no temples rose, Greek Whatτίς (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. harmony συμφώνησις (symphōnēsis) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 4857: Harmony, agreement, concord. From sumphoneo; accordance. [is there between] Christ Χριστοῦ (Christou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. and πρὸς (pros) Preposition Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. Belial? Βελιάρ (Beliar) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 955: Belial, a demon, and in fact a name for Satan. Of Hebrew origin; worthlessness; Belial, as an epithet of Satan. Or ἢ (ē) Conjunction Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. what τίς (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. {does} a believer πιστῷ (pistō) Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 4103: Trustworthy, faithful, believing. From peitho; objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful. have in common μερὶς (meris) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3310: Feminine of meros; a portion, i.e. Province, share or participation. with μετὰ (meta) Preposition Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. an unbeliever? ἀπίστου (apistou) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 571: (passively) untrustworthy (person), or incredible (thing). Links 2 Corinthians 6:15 NIV2 Corinthians 6:15 NLT 2 Corinthians 6:15 ESV 2 Corinthians 6:15 NASB 2 Corinthians 6:15 KJV 2 Corinthians 6:15 BibleApps.com 2 Corinthians 6:15 Biblia Paralela 2 Corinthians 6:15 Chinese Bible 2 Corinthians 6:15 French Bible 2 Corinthians 6:15 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 6:15 What agreement has Christ with Belial? (2 Cor. 2C iiC 2Cor ii cor iicor) |