2 Corinthians 6:12
You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged.
13Now in return—I speak as to my children—you also open your hearts.
Cross References
Job 36:16Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
Ecclesiastes 6:9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
2 Corinthians 7:2Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one.
1 John 3:17But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain 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 →