2 Corinthians 6:12
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
2 Corinthians 6:12 in other translations
| BSB | It is not our affection, but yours, that is restrained. |
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| WEB | You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections. |
| ASV | Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections. |
| YLT | ye are not straitened in us, and ye are straitened in your own bowels, |
| DARBY | Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your affections; |
| BBE | It is not our feelings to you which are narrow, but yours to us. |
| Webster | Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. |
What does 2 Corinthians 6:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
But ye are straitened in your own bowels. That is, in the affections of your hearts. The word here used (σπλαγχνοις) commonly means, in the Bible, the tender affections. The Greek word properly denotes the upper viscera; the heart, the lungs, the liver. It is applied by Greek writers to denote those parts of victims which were eaten during or after the sacrifice.--Robinson, (Lex.) Hence it is applied to the heart, as the seat of the emotions and passions; and especially the gentler emotions, the tender affections--compassion, pity, love, etc. Our word "bowels" is applied usually to the lower viscera, and by no means expresses the idea of the word which is used in Greek. The idea here is, that they were straitened or were confined in their affections for him. It is the language of reproof, meaning that he had not received from them the demonstrations of attachment which he had a right to expect, and which was a fair and proportionate return for the love bestowed on them. Probably he refers to the fact that they had formed parties; had admitted false teachers; and had not received his instructions as implicitly and as kindly as they ought to have done.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Corinthians 6:11-18
It is wrong for believers to join with the wicked and profane. The word unbeliever applies to all destitute of true faith. True pastors will caution their beloved children in the gospel, not to be unequally yoked. The fatal effects of neglecting Scripture precepts as to marriages clearly appear. Instead of a help meet, the union brings a snare. Those whose cross it is to be unequally united, without their wilful…
2 Corinthians 6:12 in the original Greek
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Cross references for 2 Corinthians 6:12
- 2 Corinthians 7:2
Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
- Micah 2:7
O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the Lord straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
- Philippians 1:8
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
- Job 36:16
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
- 1 John 3:17
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
- Proverbs 4:12
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
- Ecclesiastes 6:9
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Context
- 2 Corinthians 6:11
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.
- 2 Corinthians 6:12
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
- 2 Corinthians 6:13
Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
2 Corinthians 6:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No estáis estrechos en nosotros, mas estáis estrechos en vuestras propias entrañas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | vous n’êtes pas à l’étroit en nous, mais vous êtes à l’étroit dans vos entrailles; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ihr seid nicht verengt in uns, sondern ihr seid verengt in eurem Innern. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non angustiamini in nobis: angustiamini autem in visceribus vestris: |