Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. (16:14)
The Christian life is a team effort. Not only does God want to work through us individually, He wants to work through us corporately. God WILL bring people together and have them work as a team to accomplish His will. Paul, in this section of 2 Corinthians, is explaining our obligation to give our lives daily to the service of our King. He then reminds us that we are not in it alone and can take comfort in each other and support one another.
Too often I try to do things on my own. I take the worldly attitude, "If you want something done right, do it yourself." Since our obedience is more important to God than the results, isn't it better to work with others even if things are not done perfectly?
Certainly Jesus' disciples did a poor job at God's work, yet Jesus insisted on using them and not doing it all Himself. May we all take a lesson from Jesus' playbook and find someone to be equally yoked with in ministry.
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