Background and context of the verses

Go through the text a piece at a time.

Questions that arise:

1. Is it OK to have close non-Christian friends?
2. Is it OK to do business with non-Christian people?
3. Is it OK to marry a non-Christian?

Practical applications

1. Live in the world as witnesses to the truth and agents of reconciliation
2. Engage the world with gusto. We are salt and light.
3. Tread carefully around alliances that have spiritual weight to them.
4. Separate from anything that compromises the life of God in you.