2 Corinthians 6:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

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 whereof he here breaks out in a very pathetic manner. This, with an exhortation to separate themselves from idolaters and unbelievers, is what he insists upon from this place to ch. 2 Corinthians 7:16. "O ye Corinthians! my mouth is open to you; my heart is enlarged to you: my affection, my tenderness for you is not strait or narrow. It is your own narrowness makes you uneasy. Let me speak to you, as a father to his children: in return, do you likewise enlarge your affections to me: be ye not associated with unbelievers, (2 Corinthians 6:14.) have nothing to do with them in their vices or worship, or by uniting yourselves in marriage to them; for what fellowship hath righteousness," &c. See ch. 2 Corinthians 7:1.

2 Corinthians 6:11

11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.