“ O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. ”
O 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 f...
(6) O [ye] Corinthians, our mouth is (g) open unto you, our heart is enlarged. (6) Going about to rebuke them he says first that he deals with them sincerely and with an open and plain heart, and in...
2 Corinthians 6:11 to 2 Corinthians 7:16 . The Restored Relationship between Paul and the Corinthians must be Sealed by Proof of their Loyalty. 2 Corinthians 6:11-13 . The openness of his spe...
our mouth , &c.. Hebraism for speaking with liberty. Compare Judges 11:35 ; Psalms 78:2 ; Psalms 109:2 . Proverbs 8:6 ; Proverbs 31:26 ; Ezekiel 24:27 ; Ezekiel 29:21 . Matthew 5:2 . Acts...
11 Our mouth is opened. As the opening of the mouth is a sign of boldness, (602) if you are inclined to connect this with what goes before, the meaning will be this, — “I have ample grou...
DISCOURSE: 2027 EFFECTS OF THE GOSPEL IN ENLARGING THE HEART 2 Corinthians 6:11-13 . O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are...
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you - I speak to you with the utmost freedom and fluency, because of my affection for y...
O ye Corinthians,— Another argument made use of by St. Paul, to justify and excuse his plainness of speech to the Corinthians, is the great affection that he has for them; into an expression whereo...
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. Mouth is open unto you. I use no concealment, as some have insinuated ( 2 Corinthians 4:2 ), but all openness of speech to...
I, 2. Paraphrase. 'Now it is as coöperators with God in this work that we exhort you not to make the grace of God fruitless in your life by continuing in sin. (2) For God has told us in Scripture o...
O ye Corinthians. — There was manifestly a pause here as the letter was dictated. The rush of thoughts had reached its highest point. He rests, and feels almost as if some apology were needed for s...
Chapter 17 THE SIGNS OF AN APOSTLE. 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 (R.V) THE ministry of the Gospel is a ministry of reconciliation; the preacher of the Gospel is primarily an evangelist. He has to proc...
Separate from All Uncleanness 2 Corinthians 6:11-18 ; 2 Corinthians 7:1-4 Paul's love failed to be appreciated by his converts because the channel of receptiveness, that is, of their faith and...
The injunction, "We intreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain," harmonizes in method with many others used by Paul. Let your conduct harmonize with your position in grace. With what p...
(11) O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. (12) Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. (13) Now for a recompense in the same, I (speak a...
O ye Corinthians ,.... The apostle having exhorted the ministers of the church at Corinth to take care of their ministry, that they fulfil it, and that it might appear that the Gospel, and gifts fit...
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. Ver. 11. Our mouth is open unto you ] We speak thus freely unto you, out of our deep affection towards you; we even carve yo...
From the praise of the Christian ministry, which he began chapter 2 Corinthians 2:14 , he now draws his affectionate exhortation. O ye Corinthians He seldom uses this appellation; but it has here...
The message of reconciliation having been received by the Corinthians, now the Lord's servants, as fellow-workmen in unity, had further entreaty to make of them. Their profession of faith would be te...
Cautions against Mingling with Unbelievers. A. D. 57. 11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is op...
Our mouth is open to speak freely to you, and to communicate to you the whole will and counsel of God; our heart is enlarged both by the love that I have towards you, and by the rejoicing that I...
‘Our mouth is open to you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.' He begins his plea by stressing his total honesty and strong affection for them. Naming them by name, always a sign of his strong fe...
2 Corinthians 6:1 . We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. God's servants are called to take many different positions. They are amba...
2 Corinthians 6:1 . We then as workers together with the Lord, who has by himself purged our sins, and reconciled all things to himself on the cross, and has commissioned us to continue the minist...
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. A Christian minister’s appeal I. The appeal of a revived minister, 1. It consists of a full exhibition to you of all the...
EXPOSITION The methods and conditions of an apostolic ministry ( 2 Corinthians 6:1-47 ). Appeal to the Corinthians to reciprocate his affection and separate themselves from evil ( 2 Corinthians...
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.
1 Samuel 2:1 ; 2 Corinthians 12:15 ; 2 Corinthians 2:4 ; 2 Corinthians 7:3 ; 2 Corinthians 7:4 ; Ephesians 6:8 ; Galatians 3:1 ; Habakkuk 2:5 ; Job 32:20 ; Job 33:2 ; Job 33:3 ; Philippia...
From the praise of the Christian ministry, which he began 2 Corinthians 2:14 , he now draws his affectionate exhortation. O ye Corinthians — He seldom uses this appellation. But it has here a pecu...