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2 Corinthians 6:12
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We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us.
Yee are not straitened in vs, but yee are straitned in your owne 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 in your own affections.
You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections.
Our feelings of love for you have not stopped, but you have stopped your feelings of love for us.
There is no limit to our affection for you, but you are limited in your own affection [for us].
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.
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.
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your affections;
Our feelings of love for you have not stopped. It is you who have stopped your feelings of love for us.
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.
It is not we who have closed our hearts to you; it is you who have closed your hearts to us.
You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your affections.
You are not restrained in us, but you are restrained in your own affections.
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.
It is not our feelings to you which are narrow, but yours to us.
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.
Ye are in no strayte in vs, but are in a straite in your owne bowels.
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in 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.
ye ben not angwischid in vs, but ye ben anguischid in youre inwardnessis.
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.
Our affection for you is not restricted, but you are restricted in your affections for us.
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.
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 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:
ye are not straitened in us, and ye are straitened in your [own] bowels,
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.
We have given y'all our lives, but yet y'all hold back. We've given everything and y'all have given nothing.
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
And after that men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,
The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took to themselves wives of all which they chose.
And God said: My spirit shall not remain in man for ever, because he is flesh, and his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they brought forth children, these are the mighty men of old, men of renown.
And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times,
But Noe found grace before the Lord.
He said to Noe: The end of all flesh is come before me, the earth is filled with iniquity through them, and I will destroy them with the earth.
Make thee an ark of timber planks: thou shalt make little rooms in the ark, and thou shalt pitch it within and without.
And thus shalt thou make it. The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits: the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
Thou shalt make a window in the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish the top of it: and the door of the ark thou shalt set in the side: with lower, middle chambers, and third stories shalt thou make it.
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.
