“ Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. ”
Ye 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. T...
Ye are not (h) straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own (i) bowels. (h) You are in my heart as in a house, and that no narrow or confined house, for I have opened my whole heart to you; b...
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...
not . Greek. ou . App-105. straitened. Greek. stenochoremai. See 2 Corinthians 4:8 . bowels . Greek. splanchnon. The inward parts. Metaphorically, of the affections, the seat of which we...
12. Ye are not straitened in us That is, “It is owing to your own fault that you are not able to share in this feeling of cheerfulness, which I entertain towards you. My mouth is opened,...
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...
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. Ye 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...
Ye are not straitened, &c.— "There is no want of kindness in our souls toward you; but, alas! there is reason to fear, concerning some of you at least, that yourown hearts are too much shut up,...
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. Any constraint ye feel is not from want of largeness of heart on my part toward you, but from want of it on your part tow...
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...
Ye are not straitened in us. — The word presents a natural contrast to the expansion, the dilatation, of heart of the previous verse. There was no narrowness in him. In that large heart of his ther...
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...
Ye are not straitened in us ,.... The meaning of which is, either you are not brought into straits and difficulties by us; we do not afflict and distress you, or fill you with anguish and trouble;...
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. Ver. 12. Ye are not straitened in us ] Non habitatis anguste in nobis; so Piscator renders it. But ye are straitened...
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...
Ye are not straitened in us; if you cannot mutually rejoice in me, and what I write, or if you do not repay me the like affection, the fault is not in me; I have done my duty, and that too from a t...
Having Confirmed His Own Credentials And His Own Way of Living He Pleads For A Them To Turn From All That Might Hinder Them and For Their Equal Full and Exclusive Response to God and to Christ ( 2 C...
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...
Admonition to Flee the Fellowship of Unbelievers. 2 Corinthians 6:11-18
1 John 3:17 ; Ecclesiastes 6:9 ; Job 36:16 ; Micah 2:7 ; Philippians 1:8 ; Proverbs 4:12
Ye are not straitened in us — Our heart is wide enough to receive you all. But ye are straitened in your own bowels — Your hearts are shut up, and so not capable of the blessings ye might enjoy.