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2 Corinthians 6:12
12We have done nothing to stop you from being our friends. But you have not really wanted to become our friends.
2 Corinthians 6:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
- New International Version (NIV)We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.
Context of 2 Corinthians 6:12
10We seem to be sad, but really we are always happy. We seem to be poor, but we make many people rich. We seem to have nothing, but really we have everything. 11Our friends at Corinth, we have spoken to you very honestly. We have shown you how much we love you. We have done nothing to stop you from being our friends. But you have not really wanted to become our friends. 13I am speaking to you as I would speak to my own children. Be fair to us! Accept us as your friends, just as we have accepted you. 14Do not become united with people who do not believe in Christ. God has made you right with himself. Right and wrong cannot work together. Light and dark cannot join together.
Read all of 2 Corinthians 62 Corinthians 6:12 word by word
οὐ στενοχωρεῖσθε ἐν ἡμῖν, στενοχωρεῖσθε δὲ ἐν τοῖς σπλάγχνοις ὑμῶν·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 6:12
- Ecclesiastes 6:9It is good to enjoy the things that we have. That is better than to want more things all the time. If you always try to get more things, that has no purpose. It is like somebody who tries to catch the wind.
- Job 36:16God has called you out of your troubles, Job. He wants you to live in a safe place where you have no problems. He wants you to have a comfortable life with plenty of good food to eat.
- Proverbs 4:12As you walk through life, nothing will stop you. Even when you run, you will not fall.
- Micah 2:7You should not talk like that, you who are descendants of Jacob. Do you think that the Lord's Spirit will always be patient with you? If you agree to do what is right, then you will accept that my message is good.
- Philippians 1:8God knows that I very much want to be with all of you. I love you very much, just like Christ Jesus himself loves you.
- 1 John 3:17When another believer has trouble, we need to be kind to him. Maybe you have all the things that you need to live. If you see another believer who needs things like that, you should help him. If you refuse to be kind to him, it shows that you do not belong to God. You do not love people in the way that God loves them.
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 6:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Ye are not straitened in us - That is, Ye have not a narrow place in our affections: the metaphor here is taken from the case of a person pent up in a small or narrow place, where there is scarcely room to breathe. Ye are straitened in your own bowels - I have not the same place in your affections which you have in mine. The bowels are used in Scripture to denote the most tender affections. See the note on Matthew 9:36.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Ye are not straitened in us - That is, you do not possess a narrow or contracted place in our affections. We love you fully, ardently, and are ready to do all that can be done for your welfare. There is no lack of room in our affections toward you. It is not narrow, confined, pent up. It is ample and free. But ye are straitened in your own bowels - That is, in the affections of your hearts. The word used here ( ́ splangchna) commonly means in the Bible…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. 1212. Any constraint ye feel towards me, or narrowness of heart, is not from want of largeness of heart on my part towards you, but from want of it on your part towards me. bowels--that is, affections (compare 2Co 12:15). not straitened in us--that is, for want of room in our hearts to take you in.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 6
- 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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