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2 Corinthians 6:11
11Our mouth is opened to you, Corinthians, our heart is expanded.
2 Corinthians 6:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.
- New International Version (NIV)We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open.
- New King James Version (NKJV)O Corinthians! We have spoken openly to you, our heart is wide open.
Context of 2 Corinthians 6:11
9as unknown, and well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as disciplined, and not put to death; 10as grieved, but always rejoicing; as poor, but enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things. Our mouth is opened to you, Corinthians, our heart is expanded. 12Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your affections; 13but for an answering recompense, (I speak as to children,) let your heart also expand itself.
Read all of 2 Corinthians 62 Corinthians 6:11 word by word
Τὸ στόμα ἡμῶν ἀνέῳγεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, Κορίνθιοι, ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν πεπλάτυνται·Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 6:11
- Galatians 3:1O senseless Galatians, who has bewitched you; to whom, as before your very eyes, Jesus Christ has been portrayed, crucified [among you]?
- Philippians 4:15And know also ye, O Philippians, that in [the] beginning of the gospel, when I came out of Macedonia, no assembly communicated [anything] to me in [the] way of giving and receiving save ye alone;
- 2 Corinthians 7:3I do not speak for condemnation, for I have already said that ye are in our hearts, to die together, and live together.
- 1 Samuel 2:1And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart exulteth in Jehovah, my horn is lifted up in Jehovah; my mouth is opened wide over mine enemies; for I rejoice in thy salvation.
- Job 32:20I will speak, that I may find relief; I will open my lips and answer.
- Job 33:2Behold now, I have opened my mouth, my tongue speaketh in my palate,
- Psalms 51:15Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare thy praise.
- 2 Corinthians 2:4For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye may be grieved, but that ye may know the love which I have very abundantly towards you.
- 2 Corinthians 12:15Now I shall most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls, if even in abundantly loving you I should be less loved.
- Psalms 119:32I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
- Habakkuk 2:5And moreover, the wine is treacherous: he is a proud man, and keepeth not at rest, he enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is like death and cannot be satisfied; and he assembleth unto him all nations, and gathereth unto him all peoples.
- Ephesians 6:8knowing that whatever good each shall do, this he shall receive of [the] Lord, whether bond or free.
- Philippians 1:8For God is my witness how I long after you all in [the] bowels of Christ Jesus.
- Revelation 22:12Behold, I come quickly, and my reward with me, to render to every one as his work shall be.
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 6:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you - I speak to you with the utmost freedom and fluency, because of my affection for you. Our heart is enlarged - It is expanded to take you and all your interests in; and to keep you in the most affectionate remembrance. The preceding verses contain a very fine specimen of a very powerful and commanding eloquence.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you - We speak freely, and fully. This is an affectionate address to them, and has reference to what he had just said. It means that, when the heart was full on the subject, words would flow freely, and that he had given vent to the fervid language which he had just used because his heart was full. He loved them; he felt deeply; and he spoke to them with the utmost freedom of what he had thought, and purposed, and…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-18Verses 11-18 It is wrong for believers to join with the wicked and profane. The word unbeliever applies to all destitute of true faith. True pastors will caution their beloved children in the gospel, not to be unequally yoked. The fatal effects of neglecting Scripture precepts as to marriages clearly appear. Instead of a help meet, the union brings a snare. Those whose cross it is to be unequally united, without their wilful fault, may expect consolation…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-13Paul’s passionate plea shows his true feelings. Our hearts are open wide: These feelings continue in 7:2 (see study notes on 6:14–7:1; 7:2–4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. mouth ... open unto you--I use no concealment, such as some at Corinth have insinuated (2Co 4:2). I use all freedom and openness of speech to you as to beloved friends. Hence he introduces here, "O Corinthians" (compare Php 4:15). The enlargement of his heart towards them (2Co 7:3) produced his openness of mouth, that is, his unreserved expression of his inmost feelings. As an unloving man is narrow in heart, so the apostle's heart is enlarged by…Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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