the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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THE MESSAGE
2 Corinthians 6:12
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You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections.
You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections.
We have given y'all our lives, but yet y'all hold back. We've given everything and y'all have given nothing.
It is not our feelings to you which are narrow, but yours to us.
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your affections;
You are not limited by us, but you are limited by your own affections.
You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.
Ye are not straitened in us; but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
There is no narrowness in our love to you: the narrowness is in your own feelings.
Yee are not straitened in vs, but yee are straitned in your owne bowels.
You are not restrained in us, but you are restrained in your own affections.
Ye are in no straytnesse on oure behalfe: but where as ye are in straytnesse, that do ye of youre owne hertely meanynge.
our affections are as enlarged towards you, as yours are contracted towards us.
There is no limit to our affection for you, but you are limited in your own affection [for us].
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.
You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections.
ye are in no strayte in vs but are in a strayte in youre awne bowelles:
You are not straitened in us, but you are straitened in your own affections.
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
ye are not straitened in us, and ye are straitened in your [own] bowels,
Our feelings of love for you have not stopped, but you have stopped your feelings of love for us.
Our affection for you is not restricted, but you are restricted in your affections for us.
It is not our affection, but yours that is restrained.
We are not holding back on our love for you, but you are holding back on your love for us.
Any constraint you feel has not been imposed by us, but by your own inner selves.
You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections.
Ye are not kept strait in vs, but ye are kept strait in your owne bowels.
You are not constrained by us, but are urged by your affections.
You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.
We have not cut you off, but you have cut off your own feelings toward us.2 Corinthians 12:15;">[xr]
12 You are not constrained [fn] in us, but you are constrained [fn] in your own bowels.
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.
There is no lack of love on our part, but you have withheld your love from us.
Our hearts are not closed to you. But you have closed your hearts to us.
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.
There is no restriction in our affections, but only in yours.
Ye are not straitened in us, but are straitened in your hearts' affections;
You are not straitened in us: but in your own bowels you are straitened.
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your affections.
Ye are in no strayte in vs, but are in a straite in your owne bowels.
Our feelings of love for you have not stopped. It is you who have stopped your feelings of love for us.
You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections.
It is not we who have closed our hearts to you; it is you who have closed your hearts to us.
ye ben not angwischid in vs, but ye ben anguischid in youre inwardnessis.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
are not: Ecclesiastes 6:9, *marg. Job 36:16, Proverbs 4:12, Micah 2:7
in your: Philippians 1:8, 1 John 3:17
Reciprocal: Exodus 28:30 - upon his heart 2 Corinthians 7:3 - for 2 Corinthians 7:15 - inward affection is 2 Corinthians 11:11 - because 2 Corinthians 12:15 - though Philippians 1:23 - in
Cross-References
When the human race began to increase, with more and more daughters being born, the sons of God noticed that the daughters of men were beautiful. They looked them over and picked out wives for themselves.
Then God said, "I'm not going to breathe life into men and women endlessly. Eventually they're going to die; from now on they can expect a life span of 120 years."
This was back in the days (and also later) when there were giants in the land. The giants came from the union of the sons of God and the daughters of men. These were the mighty men of ancient lore, the famous ones.
God saw that human evil was out of control. People thought evil, imagined evil—evil, evil, evil from morning to night. God was sorry that he had made the human race in the first place; it broke his heart. God said, "I'll get rid of my ruined creation, make a clean sweep: people, animals, snakes and bugs, birds—the works. I'm sorry I made them."
But Noah was different. God liked what he saw in Noah.
God said to Noah, "It's all over. It's the end of the human race. The violence is everywhere; I'm making a clean sweep.
"Build yourself a ship from teakwood. Make rooms in it. Coat it with pitch inside and out. Make it 450 feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high. Build a roof for it and put in a window eighteen inches from the top; put in a door on the side of the ship; and make three decks, lower, middle, and upper.
"I'm going to bring a flood on the Earth that will destroy everything alive under Heaven. Total destruction.
Next God said to Noah, "Now board the ship, you and all your family—out of everyone in this generation, you're the righteous one.
God continued, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and everything living around you and everyone living after you. I'm putting my rainbow in the clouds, a sign of the covenant between me and the Earth. From now on, when I form a cloud over the Earth and the rainbow appears in the cloud, I'll remember my covenant between me and you and everything living, that never again will floodwaters destroy all life. When the rainbow appears in the cloud, I'll see it and remember the eternal covenant between God and everything living, every last living creature on Earth."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Ye are not straitened in us,.... The meaning of which is, either you are not brought into straits and difficulties by us; we do not afflict and distress you, or fill you with anguish and trouble;
but ye are straitened in your own bowels; you are distressed by some among yourselves, who ought not to be with you, with whom you should have no fellowship and communion: or thus, you have room enough in our hearts, our hearts are so enlarged with love to you, that they are large enough to hold you all; an expression, setting forth the exceeding great love, and strong affection the apostle bore to the Corinthians; when, on the other hand, they had but very little love to him comparatively; he had a heart to hold them all without being straitened for room; and among all them they could scarce find room enough in their hearts and affections for him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Ye are not straitened in us - That is, you do not possess a narrow or contracted place in our affections. We love you fully, ardently, and are ready to do all that can be done for your welfare. There is no lack of room in our affections toward you. It is not narrow, confined, pent up. It is ample and free.
But ye are straitened in your own bowels - That is, in the affections of your hearts. The word used here (σπλάγχνα splangchna) 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 (Lexicon). 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.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Corinthians 6:12. 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. Matthew 9:36; Matthew 9:36.
