New English Translation
2 Corinthians 6:13
13Now as a fair exchange – I speak as to my children – open wide your hearts to us also.
2 Corinthians 6:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
- New International Version (NIV)As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open wide your hearts also.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now in return for the same (I speak as to children), you also be open.
Context of 2 Corinthians 6:13
11We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide to you. 12Our affection for you is not restricted, but you are restricted in your affections for us. Now as a fair exchange – I speak as to my children – open wide your hearts to us also. 14Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness? 15And what agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what does a believer share in common with an unbeliever?
Read all of 2 Corinthians 62 Corinthians 6:13 word by word
τὴν δὲ αὐτὴν ἀντιμισθίαν, ὡς τέκνοις λέγω, πλατύνθητε καὶ ὑμεῖς.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 6:13
- 1 Corinthians 4:14I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children.
- Galatians 4:19My children – I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you!
- 1 Thessalonians 2:11As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children,
- Hebrews 12:5And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons? “My son, do not scorn the Lord’s discipline or give up when he corrects you.
- 1 John 2:1(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One,
- 1 John 3:7Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Jesus is righteous.
- 3 John 1:4I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth.
- 2 Kings 13:14Now Elisha had a terminal illness. King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. He wept before him and said, “My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!”
- Psalms 81:10I am the Lord, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’
- Matthew 9:28When he went into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.”
- Matthew 17:19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”
- Mark 6:4Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own house.”
- Mark 11:24For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
- James 1:6But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind.
- 1 John 5:14And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 6:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Now for a recompense in the same - That you may, in some sort, repay me for my affection towards you, I speak to you as unto my children, whom I have a right to command, be ye also enlarged - love me as I love you.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Now for a recompence in the same - “By way of recompence, open your hearts in the same manner toward me as I have done toward you. It is all the reward or compensation which I ask of you; all the return which I desire. I do not ask silver or gold, or any earthly possessions. I ask only a return of love, and a devotedness to the cause which I love, and which I endeavor to promote.” I speak as unto my children - I speak as a parent addressing his children…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. 1313. Translate, "As a recompense in the same kind ... be enlarged also yourselves" [Ellicott]. "In the same way" as my heart is enlarged towards you (2Co 6:11), and "as a recompense" for it (Ga 4:12). I speak as unto my children--as children would naturally be expected to recompense their parents' love with similar love.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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