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2 Corinthians 6:11
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We have spoken openly to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide.
O yee Corinthians, our mouth is open vnto you, our heart is enlarged.
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.
Our mouth has spoken freely to you, you Corinthians, our heart is opened wide.
We have spoken freely to you in Corinth and have opened our hearts to you.
We are speaking freely to you, Corinthians [we are keeping nothing back], and our heart is opened wide.
Our mouth has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our heart is opened wide.
Our mouth has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our heart is opened wide.
We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians. Our hearts are open wide.
Friends in Corinth, we are telling the truth when we say that there is room in our hearts for you.
Dear friends in Corinth! We have spoken frankly to you, we have opened our hearts wide.
Our mouth is opened to you, Corinthians, our heart is expanded.
We have spoken freely to you people in Corinth. We have opened our hearts to you.
O Corinthians, our mouth is open vnto you: our heart is made large.
O Corinthians, we have told you everything, and our heart is relieved.
Dear friends in Corinth! We have spoken frankly to you; we have opened our hearts wide.
We have spoken freely and openly to you, Corinthians; our heart is open wide.
Our mouth is opened to you, Corinthians, our heart has been made larger.
Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.
Our mouth is open to you, O Corinthians, our heart is wide.
Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged.
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OUR mouth is opened to you, Kurinthoyee, and our heart expanded.
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is opened towards you, and our heart expanded.
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open vnto you, our heart is made large:
Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.
Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged.
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is opened toward you, our heart is inlarged.
O Corinthians, our lips are unsealed to you: our heart is expanded.
A! ye Corynthies, oure mouth is open to you, oure herte is alargid;
Our mouth is open to you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.
O [ye] Corinthians, our mouth is open to you, our heart is enlarged.
We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide to you.
O Corinthians! We have spoken openly to you, our heart is wide open.
Oh, dear Corinthian friends! We have spoken honestly with you, and our hearts are open to you.
We have spoken to you who are in the city of Corinth with plain words. Our hearts are wide open.
We have spoken frankly to you Corinthians; our heart is wide open to you.
Our mouth, is opened unto you, O Corinthians! our heart, hath become enlarged:
Our mouth is open to you, O ye Corinthians: our heart is enlarged.
Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide.
O ye Corinthyans oure mouth is open vnto you. Oure herte is made large:
Our mouth hath been open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart hath been enlarged!
O ye Corinthians, oure mouth is open vnto you, oure hert is made large.
O Corinthians, my heart is so full, my tongue cannot be silent:
Dear, dear Corinthians, I can't tell you how much I long for you to enter this wide-open, spacious life. We didn't fence you in. The smallness you feel comes from within you. Your lives aren't small, but you're living them in a small way. I'm speaking as plainly as I can and with great affection. Open up your lives. Live openly and expansively!
Won't all you cowboys in Corinth listen? I have spoken plainly with an open heart.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
ye: Galatians 3:1, Philippians 4:15
our mouth: 2 Corinthians 7:3, 2 Corinthians 7:4, 1 Samuel 2:1, Job 32:20, Job 33:2, Job 33:3, Psalms 51:15
our heart: 2 Corinthians 2:4, 2 Corinthians 12:15, Psalms 119:32, Habakkuk 2:5, Ephesians 6:8, Philippians 1:8, Revelation 22:12
Reciprocal: Exodus 28:30 - upon his heart Acts 8:35 - opened 1 Corinthians 4:14 - my 2 Corinthians 11:11 - because 1 Thessalonians 2:8 - affectionately
Cross-References
When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,
the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.
Then the Lord said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.
He was a mighty hunter before the Lord . Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord ."
Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord .
because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and you have humbled yourself before me and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord .
The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.
Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
Violence shall no more be heard in your land, devastation or destruction within your borders; you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
O ye Corinthians,.... The apostle having exhorted the ministers of the church at Corinth to take care of their ministry, that they fulfil it, and that it might appear that the Gospel, and gifts fitting them to preach it, were not received in vain by them; all which he strengthens and encourages by his own example; and that of others, addresses the members of the church in a very pathetic manner, saying,
our mouth is open to you; to speak our minds freely to you; we shall hide and conceal nothing from you, we shall deal with you with all plainness and faithfulness. This seems to refer unto, and pave the way for what he afterwards says about their unequal fellowship with unbelievers:
our heart is enlarged: with love to you, and eager desires after your good; and it is from the abundance of our hearts, and hearty affection for you, that our mouth is open so freely to communicate to you.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you - We speak freely, and fully. This is an affectionate address to them, and has reference to what he had just said. It means that, when the heart was full on the subject, words would flow freely, and that he had given vent to the fervid language which he had just used because his heart was full. He loved them; he felt deeply; and he spoke to them with the utmost freedom of what he had thought, and purposed, and done.
Our heart is enlarged - We have deep feelings, which naturally vent themselves in fervent and glowing language. The main idea here is, that he had a strong affection for them; a heart which embraced and loved them all, and which expressed itself in the language of deep emotion. He had loved them so that he was willing to be reproached, and to be persecuted, and to be poor, and to have his name cast out as evil. “I cannot be silent. I conceal or dissemble nothing. I am full of ardent attachment, and that naturally vents itself in the strong language which I have used.” True attachment will find means of expressing itself. A heart full of love will give vent to its feelings. There will be no dissembling and hypocrisy there. And if a minister loves the souls of his people he will pour out the affections of his heart in strong and glowing language.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Corinthians 6:11. O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you — I speak to you with the utmost freedom and fluency, because of my affection for you.
Our heart is enlarged. — It is expanded to take you and all your interests in; and to keep you in the most affectionate remembrance.
The preceding verses contain a very fine specimen of a very powerful and commanding eloquence.
