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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 plac...
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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...
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7. THE EXAMPLE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL; HIS TESTINGS AND TRIALS.
CHAPTER 6:1-13
He beseeches the Corinthians as coworkers, in view of the ministry of
reconciliation, not to receive this grace of God in v...
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2 Corinthians 6:11 to 2 Corinthians 7:16. THE RESTORED RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN PAUL AND THE CORINTHIANS MUST BE SEALED BY PROOF OF THEIR
LOYALTY.
2 Corinthians 6:11. The openness of his speech
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My dear Corinthians, we have spoken to you without keeping anything
back. Our heart lies wide open to you. If there is any constraint
between us, it lies, not in us, but in your hearts. Give me fair
e...
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AMBASSADOR FOR CHRIST (2 Corinthians 5:20-21 ; 2 Corinthians 6:1-2)...
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NOT. Greek. _ou_. App-105.
STRAITENED. Greek. _stenochoremai._ See 2 Corinthians 4:8.
BOWELS. Greek. _splanchnon._ The inward parts. Metaphorically, of the
affections, the seat of which we regard as...
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_Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own
bowels_ i.e. "our heart is large enough to receive you and give you
full possession of our affections, but yours is too narrow to receiv...
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11–13. Transition from the impassioned statement in 2 Corinthians
6:3-10 to the exhortations in 2 Corinthians 6:14 ff., which take up
the exhortation in 2 Corinthians 6:1....
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ΣΤΕΝΟΧΩΡΕΙ͂ΣΘΕ ΔῈ ἘΝ ΤΟΙ͂Σ
ΣΠΛΆΓΧΝΟΙΣ ὙΜΩ͂Ν. See on 2 Corinthians 4:8. If there
is not τελεία� between them and him, the reason is, not that
he has little room in his heart for them, but that they hav...
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_AN OPEN HEART OF LOVE 2 CORINTHIANS 6:11-13:_ Paul and his fellow
preachers had freely spoken the gospel to the Corinthians. He had used
the same kind of openness and freedom as he discussed problems...
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ΣΤΕΝΟΧΩΡΕΊΣΘΕ _praes. ind. pass. от_
ΣΤΕΝΟΧΩΡΈΩ (G4729) сужать, толпиться,
ограничивать; _pass._ быть ограниченным,
ΣΠΛΆΓΧΝΟΝ (G4698) _pl._ внутренние органы.
Это внутреннее содержание груди:
сердце,...
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DISCOURSE: 2027
EFFECTS OF THE GOSPEL IN ENLARGING THE HEART
2 Corinthians 6:11. _O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our
heart is enlarged. Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straiten...
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YE ARE NOT STRAITENED, &C.— "There is no want of kindness in our
souls toward you; but, alas! there is reason to fear, concerning some
of you at least, that yourown hearts are too much shut up, throug...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTARY
SECTION 2
In Actions (2 Corinthians 6:3-13)
3We put no obstacle in any one's way, so that no fault may be found
with our ministry, 4but as servants of God we commend ourselves in...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Scripture
The Plea For Acceptance_
2 Corinthians 6:11-18 Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our
heart is enlarged. 12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are
straitened...
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Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own
bowels.
Any constraint ye feel is not from want of largeness of heart on my
part toward you, but from want of it on your part toward m...
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16 Paul had been proclaiming the kingdom, with Christ and the nation
which is related to Him by physical ties at its head. Entrance into
that kingdom was by a birth from above. But now the figure of b...
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6:12 affections; (b-13) Lit. 'bowels.'...
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YE ARE NOT STRAITENED, etc.] i.e. there is abundant room in my heart
for you, but too little hitherto in yours for me.
BOWELS] RV 'affections'; as frequently in Scripture....
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I, 2. PARAPHRASE. 'Now it is as coöperators with God in this work
that we exhort you not to make the grace of God fruitless in your life
by continuing in sin. (2) For God has told us in Scripture of a...
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GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK
2 CORINTHIANS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 6
V1 As people who work with God, we ask you this again and again.
‘Do not receive God’s kindness in such a way that it d...
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YE ARE NOT STRAITENED IN US. — The word presents a natural contrast
to the expansion, the dilatation, of heart of the previous verse.
There was no narrowness in him. In that large heart of his there w...
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CHAPTER 17
THE SIGNS OF AN APOSTLE.
2 Corinthians 6:1 (R.V)
THE ministry of the Gospel is a ministry of reconciliation; the
preacher of the Gospel is primarily an evangelist. He has to proclaim
that...
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οὐ στενοχωρεῖσθε ἐν ἡμῖν κ. τ. λ.: _ye
are not straitened in us_ (this carries on the metaphor of
πεπλάτυνται), _but ye are straitened in your own
affections; i.e._, his adversaries at Corinth may hav...
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AFFECTIONATE DECLARATION OF HIS FRANKNESS AND SYMPATHY, AND AN APPEAL
THAT THE CORINTHIANS SHOULD SHOW THE SAME....
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SEPARATE FROM ALL UNCLEANNESS
2 Corinthians 6:11; 2 Corinthians 7:1
Paul's love failed to be appreciated by his converts because the
channel of receptiveness, that is, of their faith and love, was so...
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The injunction, "We intreat also that ye receive not the grace of God
in vain," harmonizes in method with many others used by Paul. Let your
conduct harmonize with your position in grace. With what po...
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Ye are not (h) straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own (i)
bowels.
(h) You are in my heart as in a house, and that no narrow or confined
house, for I have opened my whole heart to you; bu...
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(11) O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is
enlarged. (12) Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in
your own bowels. (13) Now for a recompense in the same, I (speak as...
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12._Ye are not straitened in us _That is, “It is owing to your own
fault that you are not able to share in this feeling of cheerfulness,
which I entertain towards you. My _mouth is opened, _so that I...
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Paul had said that God exhorted by his means. In Chapter 6 the
affection of the apostle carries on by the Spirit this divine work,
beseeching the Corinthians that it might not be in vain in their case...
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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...
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Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
Ver. 12. _Ye are not straitened in us_] _Non habitatis anguste in
nobis; _ so Piscator renders it.
_ But ye are straitened_] Ye...
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From the praise of the Christian ministry, which he began chapter 2
Corinthians 2:14, he now draws his affectionate exhortation. _O ye
Corinthians_ He seldom uses this appellation; but it has here a
p...
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NOT STRAITENED IN US; there is no want of room in our hearts to
receive you.
STRAITENED IN YOUR OWN BOWELS; it is your hearts that are too narrow
to receive us. The want of confidence and love is on...
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YE ARE NOT STRAITENED IN US, BUT YE ARE STRAITENED IN YOUR OWN BOWELS....
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ADMONITION TO FLEE THE FELLOWSHIP OF UNBELIEVERS. 2 Corinthians 6:11...
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The message of reconciliation having been received by the Corinthians,
now the Lord's servants, as fellow-workmen in unity, had further
entreaty to make of them. Their profession of faith would be tes...
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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...
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YE ARE NOT STRAITENED IN US; if you cannot mutually rejoice in me, and
what I write, or if you do not repay me the like affection, the fault
is not in me; I have done my duty, and that too from a true...
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Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own
affections....
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2 Corinthians 6:12 are G4729 not G3756 restricted G4729 (G5743) by
G1722 us G2254 but G1161 restricted G4729
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‘You are not straitened in us, but you are straitened in your own
affections. Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as to my
children), be you also enlarged.'
He stresses to them that it is not h...
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HAVING CONFIRMED HIS OWN CREDENTIALS AND HIS OWN WAY OF LIVING HE
PLEADS FOR A THEM TO TURN FROM ALL THAT MIGHT HINDER THEM AND FOR
THEIR EQUAL FULL AND EXCLUSIVE RESPONSE TO GOD AND TO CHRIST (2
CORI...
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2 Corinthians 6:11-12. OUR MONTH IS OPEN UNTO YOU, O CORINTHIANS, OUR
HEART IS ENLARGED. YE ARE NOT STRAITENED IN US, BUT YE ARE STRAITENED
IN YOUR OWN AFFECTIONS ‘If there is any want of openness bet...
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YE ARE NOT STRAITENED IN US
(ου στενοχωρεισθε εν ημιν). The same figure as in
verse 2 Corinthians 6:11. See on 2 Corinthians 4:8 for
στενοχωρεω. There is no restraint in me (my heart). My
adversarie...
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2 Corinthians 6:1. _We then, as workers together with him, beseech you
also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain._
God's servants are called to take many different positions. They are
ambassa...
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CONTENTS: Paul's ministry to the Corinthians. Appeal to separation and
cleansing.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul.
CONCLUSION: The ministers of the Gospel should look upon themselves as
Go...
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2 Corinthians 6:1. _We then as workers together_ with the Lord, who
has by himself purged our sins, and reconciled all things to himself
on the cross, and has commissioned us to continue the ministry...
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IT IS YOU. "You do not love me, otherwise you would have stood up for
me against the false teachers! If there is any barrier between us, you
have built it!...
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_O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged._
A CHRISTIAN MINISTER’S APPEAL
I. The appeal of a revived minister,
1. It consists of a full exhibition to you of all the truth...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 6:3 Paul defends his ministry as
an apostle by once again calling attention to his faithfulness amid
the changing circumstances of his apostolic life. Paul’s minist...
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CHAPTER 6
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. He exhorts them not to neglect the proffered grace of
reconciliation spoken of at the end of the last chapter.
II. He points out (ver. 4) the qualities required...
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EXPOSITION
The methods and conditions of an apostolic ministry (2 Corinthians
6:1). Appeal to the Corinthians to reciprocate his affection and
separate themselves from evil (2 Corinthians 6:11)....
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We then, as workers together with him (2 Corinthians 6:1),
And what a glorious way to view the ministry. I'm working with Jesus,
working together with Him.
[We] beseech you also that ye receive not t...
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1 John 3:17; Ecclesiastes 6:9; Job 36:16; Micah 2:7; Philippians 1:8;...
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Not straitened in us. It is not that our hearts are too narrow to take
you in. Straitened in antithesis with enlarged.
In your own bowels [τ ο ι ς ο π λ α γ χ ν ο ι ς υ μ ω
ν]. See on 1 Peter 3:8; Ja...