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2 Corinthians 6:15
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What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that beleeueth, with an infidel?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
Or what harmony does Christ have with Belial, or what does a believer share with an unbeliever?
How can Christ and Belial, the devil, have any agreement? What can a believer have together with a nonbeliever?
What harmony can there be between Christ and Belial (Satan)? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?
Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?
What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
Is Christ a friend of Satan? Can people who follow the Lord have anything in common with those who don't?
What harmony can there be between the Messiah and B'liya‘al? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
and what consent of Christ with Beliar, or what part for a believer along with an unbeliever?
How can there be any unity between Christ and the devil? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath the beleeuer with the infidell?
Or what accord has Christ with Satan? Or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever?
How can Christ and the Devil agree? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
And what agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what share does a believer have with an unbeliever?
And what agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what part does a believer have with an unbeliever?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever?
And what agreement is there between Christ and the Evil One? or what part has one who has faith with one who has not?
What agreement has Messiah with Beliya`al? Or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever?
What harmony exists between Christ and Beliar,[fn] or what do a believer and an unbeliever have in common?
15 Or what concord [fn] hath the Meshiha with Satana ? Or what portion hath the believer with the unbeliever ?
or what concord hath the Messiah with Satan? or what part hath a believer with an unbeliever?
Or what concorde hath Christe with belyall? Eyther what part hath he that beleueth, with an infidell?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever?
What agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath a believer with an infidel?
Where can harmony between Christ and Belial be found? Or what participation has a believer with an unbeliever?
and what acording of Crist to Belial? or what part of a feithful with the vnfeithful?
And what concord has Christ with Belial? or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
And what agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what does a believer share in common with an unbeliever?
And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?
What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever?
How can Christ get along with the devil? How can one who has put his trust in Christ get along with one who has not put his trust in Christ?
What agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what does a believer share with an unbeliever?
And what concord hath Christ with Beliar? Or what part hath a believer with an unbeliever?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath the faithful with the unbeliever?
What accord has Christ with Be'lial? Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?
What cocorde hath Christ with beliall? Ether what parte hath he yt beleveth with an infidele?
and what fellowship to light with darkness? and what concord to Christ with Belial? or what part to a believer with an unbeliever?
How agreeth Christ with Belial? Or what parte hath the beleuer with the infydele?
what concord can Christ maintain with Belial? what concern has a believer with an infidel?
Jesus and the devil ain't pards, so how can you still ride with someone who sneers at God and his ways.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
what concord: 1 Samuel 5:2-4, 1 Kings 18:21, 1 Corinthians 10:20, 1 Corinthians 10:21
or: Ezra 4:3, Mark 16:16, Acts 8:20, 1 John 5:11-13
an: 1 Timothy 5:8
Reciprocal: Genesis 35:2 - strange Exodus 23:32 - shalt make Deuteronomy 13:13 - the children Judges 6:25 - even Judges 19:22 - sons of Belial 1 Samuel 2:12 - sons of Belial 2 Kings 3:13 - What Ecclesiastes 2:3 - and to lay Zechariah 2:10 - and I Matthew 12:30 - that is Luke 22:55 - Peter John 18:18 - Peter
Cross-References
The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep.
(For only Og the king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bed was a bed of iron. Is it not in Rabbah of the Ammonites? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its breadth, according to the common cubit.)
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And what concord hath Christ with Belial?.... The word "Belial" is an Hebrew word, and is only used in this place in the New Testament, but often in the Old; this word is differently read and pronounced, some copies read it "Beliar", and accordingly in the Ethiopic version it is "Belhor", and by Jerom read i Belvir"; but he observes, that it is more rightly called Belial": in some copies it is "Belias", and so Tertullian k read it; and Jerom l says, that most corruptly read it "Belias", for "Belial": some derive it from בלי, "Beli", and עלה, "Alah", and signifies "without ascent"; one in a very low condition, of low life, that never rises up, and comes to any thing; to which Kimchi's etymology of the word seems to agree, who says m, that Belial is a wicked man, בל יעלה ובל יצליח, "who does not succeed, and does not prosper": others say it signifies n one that is
בלי עול, "Beli Ol, without a yoke", without the yoke of the law; so Jarchi explains children of Belial, in Deuteronomy 13:13 without yoke, who break off the yoke of God; and so say o the Talmudists,
"children of Belial, are children that break off עול שמים, "the yoke of heaven" (i.e. the law) from their necks;''
lawless persons, who are under no subjection to God or man: others p derive it from יעל, "Jaal", and בלי, "Beli", and so it signifies one that is unprofitable, does no good, and is good for nothing; and it is applied in Scripture to any wicked person, or thing; it is commonly rendered by the Chaldee paraphrast, a "wicked man"; and by Aquila and Suidas it is interpreted, "an apostate", and so it is rendered here in the Arabic version; sometimes the corruption of nature is called "Belial" by the Jews q, than which nothing can be more contrary to Christ; it is also a name of the devil; by Hesychius, "Beliar" is interpreted "a dragon", by which name the devil is sometimes called; and here the Syriac version is, "what concord hath Christ with Satan?" most interpreters by Belial understand the devil, who has cast off the yoke of obedience to God, and is unprofitable, yea, noxious and hurtful to men; between whom and Christ there is no concord, but a perpetual enmity; and as there is no concord between Christ personal, and Belial the devil, so what can there be between Christ mystical the church, which goes by the name of Christ, 1 Corinthians 12:12 and wicked men, the sons of Belial; who have cast away the law of the Lord, are not subject to the law of God, nor can they be, and are become unprofitable to themselves, and others?
or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? such have no part, and shall have no part or portion in one and the same thing; the believer's part and portion are God, Christ, and an eternal inheritance; the unbeliever's part and portion will be in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; and therefore what part, society, or communion, can they have with one another?
i De Nominibus Hebraicis, fol. 106. K. k De Corona, c. 10. l Comment. in Ephes. iv. 27. m Sepher Shorashim, rad. בל. n Hieronym Quaestasive Trad. Heb. in Lib. Reg. fol. 74. I. Tom. 3. & in Ephes. iv. 27. R. Abraham Seba in Tzeror Hammor, fol. 141. 4. & 142. 2. o T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 111. 2. p Philip Aquinas, Schindler, Cocceius, &c. q Tzeror Hammor, fol. 148. 3. & 149. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And what concord - (συμφώνησις sumphōnēsis). Sympathy, unison. This word refers properly to the unison or harmony produced by musical instruments, where there is a chord. What accordance, what unison is there; what strings are there which being struck will produce a chord or harmony? The idea is, then, there is as much that is discordant between Christ and Belial as there is between instruments of music that produce only discordant and jarring sounds.
Hath Christ - What is there in common between Christ and Belial, implying that Christians are governed by the principles, and that they follow the example of Christ.
Belial - Βελίαλ Belial or Βελίαρ Beliar, as as it is found in some of the late editions. The form Beliar is Syriac. The Hebrew word בּליּצל beliya‛al means literally without profit; worthlessness; wickedness. It is here evidently applied to Satan. The Syriac translates it “Satan.” The idea is, that the persons to whom Paul referred, the pagan, wicked, unbelieving world, were governed by the principles of Satan, and were “taken captive by him at his will” (2 Timothy 2:26 compare John 8:44), and that Christians should be separate from the wicked world, as Christ was separate from all the feelings, purposes, and plans of Satan. He had no participation in them; he formed no union with them; and so it should be with the followers of the one in relation to the followers of the other.
Or what part - (μερὶς meris). Portion, share, participation, fellowship. This word refers usually to a division of an estate; Luke 10:42; Acts 8:21 note; Colossians 1:12 note. There is no participation; nothing in common.
He that believeth - A Christian; a man the characteristic of whom it is that he believes on the Lord Jesus.
With an infidel - A man who does not believe - whether a pagan idolater, a profane man, a scoffer, a philosopher, a man of science, a moral man, or a son or daughter of gaiety. The idea is, that on the subject of religion there is no union; nothing in common; no participation. They are governed by different principles; have different feelings; are looking to different rewards; and are tending to a different destiny. The believer, therefore, should not select his partner in life and his chosen companions and friends from this class, but from those with whom he has sympathy, and with whom he has common feelings and hopes.
