2 Corinthians 6:12
Ye have not a narrow place in my heart, but ye have a narrow place for me in yours.
Noyes Bible
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 Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.
13So then in return, I speak to you as children, let your hearts be enlarged.
Cross References
Job 36:16He will bring thee also from the jaws of distress To a broad place, where is no straitness; And the provision of thy table shall be full of fatness.
Ecclesiastes 6:9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity, and striving after wind.
2 Corinthians 7:2Receive us into your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have defrauded no one.
1 John 3:17But whoever hath this world's goods, and seeth his brother having need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God 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 →