2 Corinthians 6:12
ye are not straitened in us, and ye are straitened in your [own] bowels,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
In Context
11Our mouth hath been open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart hath been enlarged!
13and [as] a recompense of the same kind, (as to children I say [it],) be ye enlarged — also ye!
Cross References
Job 36:16And also He moved thee from a strait place, [To] a broad place — no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.
Ecclesiastes 6:9Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
2 Corinthians 7:2receive us; no one did we wrong; no one did we waste; no one did we defraud;
1 John 3:17and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him — how doth the love of God 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 →