World English Bible · Under Rome
2 Corinthians 6
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Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the of in . For he says, "At an acceptable time I listened to you. In a day of I helped you." Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of . We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our may not be blamed, but in everything commending ourselves as servants of : in great , in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses, in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings, in pureness, in knowledge, in , in kindness, in , in sincere love, in the word of truth, in the of , by the armor of on and on the left, by and dishonor, by evil report and good report, as deceivers and yet true, as unknown and yet well known, as dying and behold—we live, as punished and not killed, as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things. Our is open to you, Corinthians. Our is enlarged. You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections. Now in return—I speak as to my children—you also open your . Don't be with unbelievers, for what fellowship do and have? Or what fellowship does have with ? What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what does a believer have with an unbeliever? What agreement does a temple of have with idols? For you are a temple of the living . Even as said, "I will in them and walk in them. I will be their and they will be my people." Therefore "'Come out from among them, and be separate,' . 'Touch no thing. I will receive you. I will be to you a . You will be to me sons and daughters,' Almighty."
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The world at this moment · Under Rome, 63 BC to AD 100 ›
Judea as a client kingdom and then a province. Roads, garrisons, taxes, crucifixion, and a common Greek language that let a message travel the empire faster than any before it.
- Rome
- The republic tears itself apart in civil war and comes out as an empire under Augustus. What follows is two centuries of relative peace across the whole Mediterranean, enforced by legions and paid for by taxes, with safe roads and safe sea lanes. Every one of Paul's journeys depends on that.
- Judea
- Governed first through Herod the Great, a client king of enormous ability and enormous brutality who rebuilds the temple into one of the wonders of the ancient world, then directly by Roman prefects. Crucifixion is the standard penalty for sedition and is used often and publicly.
- The wider world
- Greek is spoken from Spain to Syria, which means a letter written in Corinth can be read in Rome without translation. Jewish communities already exist in most major cities, which is where the first Christian preaching lands. Mystery religions, imperial cult, and philosophy all compete in the same marketplace.
- Further afield
- The Han dynasty rules China and trades silk westward along routes that touch the Roman world at second hand. In Britain the Roman conquest begins within a decade of the crucifixion.