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2 Corinthians 6:13
13I am asking you to respond as if you were my own children. Open your hearts to us!
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
11Oh, dear Corinthian friends! We have spoken honestly with you, and our hearts are open to you. 12There is no lack of love on our part, but you have withheld your love from us. I am asking you to respond as if you were my own children. Open your hearts to us! 14Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? 15What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? How can a believer be a partner 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 warn you as my beloved children.
- Galatians 4:19Oh, my dear children! I feel as if I’m going through labor pains for you again, and they will continue until Christ is fully developed in your lives.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:11And you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children.
- Hebrews 12:5And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as his children? He said, “My child, don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline, and don’t give up when he corrects you.
- 1 John 2:1My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous.
- 1 John 3:7Dear children, don’t let anyone deceive you about this: When people do what is right, it shows that they are righteous, even as Christ is righteous.
- 3 John 1:4I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children are following the truth.
- 2 Kings 13:14When Elisha was in his last illness, King Jehoash of Israel visited him and wept over him. “My father! My father! I see the chariots and charioteers of Israel!” he cried.
- Psalms 81:10For it was I, the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.
- Matthew 9:28They went right into the house where he was staying, and Jesus asked them, “Do you believe I can make you see?” “Yes, Lord,” they told him, “we do.”
- Matthew 17:19Afterward the disciples asked Jesus privately, “Why couldn’t we cast out that demon?”
- Mark 6:4Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his relatives and his own family.”
- Mark 11:24I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours.
- James 1:6But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind.
- 1 John 5:14And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him.
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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