2 Corinthians 6:12 BSB

2 Corinthians 6:12

It is not our affection, but yours, that is restrained.

BSB

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ASV

Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.

KJV

Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.

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Commentary

3 voices

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on 2 Corinthians (1274)

Then he shows that they have no contrary example from the Apostle, saying, You are not restricted by us [straightened]. As if to say: from the fact that we show you the largeness of our heart, you do not have an example or a reason …

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Ye are not straitened in us - That is, Ye have not a narrow place in our affections: the metaphor here is taken from the case of a person pent up in a small or narrow place, where there is scarcely room to breathe. Ye are straitened in your own bowels - I have not the same place in your affections which you have in mine. The bowels are used in Scripture to denote the most tender affections. See the note on Mat 9:36.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Any constraint ye feel towards me, or narrowness of heart, is not from want of largeness of heart on my part towards you, but from want of it on your part towards me. bowels--that is, affections (compare 2Co 12:15). not straitened in us--that is, for want of room in our hearts to take you in.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὐ	ou	Not	G3756 →
στενοχωρεῖσθε	stenochōreisthe	you are restrained	G4729 →
ἐν	en	by	G1722 →
ἡμῖν,	hēmin	us,	G3165 →
στενοχωρεῖσθε	stenochōreisthe	you are restrained	G4729 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τοῖς	tois	the	G3588 →
σπλάγχνοις	splagchnois	affections	G4698 →
ὑμῶν·	humōn	of you;	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

G4729stenochoreistheyou are restrained3×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 John 3:17
If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
leads to
- Hebrews 13:16
  And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
- Isaiah 58:7–10
  Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own…
- 1 John 4:20
  If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
- Deuteronomy 15:7–11
  If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or…
- Proverbs 19:17
  Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
Through
Job 36:16
Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
leads to
- Psalms 23:5
  You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
- Psalms 118:5
  In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
Through
Philippians 1:8
God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
leads to
- Romans 1:9
  God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

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06About 2 Corinthians

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About 2 Corinthians