English Standard Version
2 Corinthians 6:12
12You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.
- New Living Translation (NLT)There is no lack of love on our part, but you have withheld your love from us.
Context of 2 Corinthians 6:12
10as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything. 11We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open. You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections. 13In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also. 14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
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
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Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 6:12
- Ecclesiastes 6:9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
- Job 36:16He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness.
- Proverbs 4:12When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble.
- Micah 2:7Should this be said, O house of Jacob? Has the Lord grown impatient? Are these his deeds? Do not my words do good to him who walks uprightly?
- Philippians 1:8For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
- 1 John 3:17But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
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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