2 Corinthians 6:15
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
KJV
τίς δὲ συμφώνησις Χριστοῦ πρὸς Βελιάρ, ἢ τίς μερὶς πιστῷ μετὰ ἀπίστου;
Greek NT
quæ autem conventio Christi ad Belial ? aut quæ pars fideli cum infideli ?
Vulgate
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever?
ASV
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath the faithful with the unbeliever?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Βελίαλ
belial
noun · 1×
Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
μερίς
meris
noun · 5×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
πιστός
pistos
adjective · 67×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
συμφώνησις
sumphonesis
noun · 1×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἄπιστος
apistos
adjective · 23×
ἤ
e
particle · 346×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: Χριστοῦ | WH/Treg/NIV: Χριστοῦ | RP: Χριστῷ
- Χριστοῦ — SBLGNT
- Χριστοῦ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Χριστῷ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Summa Theologica · 2 passages
Is prophecy natural? Is it from God by means of the angels? Is a natural disposition requisite for prophecy? Is a good life requisite? Is any prophecy from the demons? Do prophets of the demons ever tell what is true? Article 1. Whether prophecy can be natural? Objection 1. It would seem that prophecy can be natural. For Gregory says (Dial. iv, 26) that "sometimes the mere stre…
Was the Blessed Virgin, Mother of God, sanctified before her birth from the womb? Was she sanctified before animation? Was the fomes of sin entirely taken away from her in virtue of this sanctification? Was the result of this sanctification that she never sinned? In virtue of this sanctification, did she receive the fulness of grace? Was it proper to her to be thus sanctified? …
Cross-references
- 1Cor 10:20 — 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.
- 1Cor 10:21 — Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.
- 1John 5:11 — And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
- 1Kgs 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.
- 1Sam 2:12 — Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
- 1Sam 5:2 — When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
- Deut 13:13 — Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
- Exod 23:32 — Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
- Judg 6:25 — And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and
- Judg 19:22 — Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, s
- Luke 22:55 — And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.
- Matt 12:30 — He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
- Zech 2:10 — Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.