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2 Corinthians 6:12

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.

2 Corinthians 6:12 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Corinthians 6:12

Theological / Devotional

Straitened. Or, “restricted,” “confined in a narrow place,” “compressed.” Paul’s love for them is in no way contracted. If there had been a lack of sympathetic understanding, it was not on his part. The Corinthians do not have a narrow place in his heart, but apparently some of them had scanty room for him in their affections.

Bowels. That is, the heart, lungs, liver, upper intestines, etc. This region of the body was considered by the ancients to be the seat of the affections (Phil. 1:8 ; 2:1). Whatever there may have been that was unpleasant and undesirable in the relations between Paul and the Corinthians, it did not exist in the hearts of Paul and his companions.

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