2 Corinthians 6:12
there is room there for you, yet there is not room, in your love, for us.
Twentieth Century New Testament
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, men of 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, any one.
1 John 3:17But, if any one has worldly possessions, and yet looks on while his Brother is in want, and steels his heart against him, how can it be said that the love of God is within 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 →