2 Corinthians 6:11 KJV — MannaFest

2 Corinthians 6:11

O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.

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ASV

Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.

WEB

We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians. Our hearts are open wide.

YLT

Our mouth hath been open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart hath been enlarged!

DBT

Our mouth is opened to you, Corinthians, our heart is expanded.

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2 Corinthians — Paul's most personal letter. A defense of gospel ministry under pressure — comfort and conflict, giving and glory, weakness and power — with the tone shifting markedly at chapter 10.

Author: Paul, with Timothy (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55–56, from Macedonia

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Psalms 119:32
I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
2 Corinthians 12:15
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
2 Corinthians 7:3–4
I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
Philippians 1:8
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 2:4
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

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The enlargement of his heart towards them (2Co 7:3) produced his openness of mouth, that is, his unreserved expression of his inmost feelings. As an unloving man is narrow in heart, so the apostle's heart is enlarged by love, so as to take in his converts at Corinth, not only with their graces, but with their many shortcomings (compare 1Ki 4:29;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Though the apostle was happy in a great fluency of expressions, yet he seemed to want words to express the warm affections he had for these Corinthians.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

In these verses we have an account of the apostle's general errand and exhortation to all to whom he preached in every place where he came, with the several arguments and methods he used. The errand or exhortation itself, namely, to comply with the gospel offers of reconciliation--that, being favoured with the gospel, they would not receive this grace of God in vain,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

O ye Corinthians - He seldom uses this appellation. But it has here a peculiar force. Our mouth is opened toward you - With uncommon freedom, because our heart is enlarged - In tenderness.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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2CO 6:112CO 12:15 1TH 2:8
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2CO 6:11PSA 119:32 1KI 4:29
2CO 6:11PSA 119:32 2CO 3:17
2CO 6:112CO 2:4 2CO 7:12
2CO 6:11PSA 119:32 JHN 8:32
2CO 6:11PSA 119:32 JHN 8:36
2CO 6:11PHP 1:8 ROM 1:9
2CO 6:112CO 2:4 PRO 27:5-6

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