2 Corinthians 6:12
You are not straitened in us, but in your own bowels you are straitened.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
In Context
11Our mouth is open to you, O ye Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.
13But having the same recompense, (I speak as to my children,) be you also enlarged.
Cross References
Job 36:16Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it : and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness.
Ecclesiastes 6:9Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.
2 Corinthians 7:2Receive us. We have injured no man, we have corrupted no man, we have overreached no man.
1 John 3:17He that hath the substance of this world, and shall see his brother in need, and shall shut up his bowels from him: how doth the charity of God abide in him?
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 6:12-18
Cautions against Mingling with Unbelievers. ( a. d. 57.) 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 recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged. 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he… Read the whole commentary →