2 Corinthians 6:12
there is room there for you, yet there is not room, in your love, for us.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
In Context
11We have been speaking freely to you, dear friends in Corinth; we have opened our heart;
13Can you not in return – I appeal to you as I should to children – open your hearts to us?
Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:2Make room for us in your hearts. In no instance have we ever wronged, or harmed, or taken advantage of, anyone.
1 John 3:17If anyone has material possessions, and sees one of our own in need, but closes their heart against that person, how can it be said that the love of God is within them?
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 →