Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 6:11

τὸ στόμα ἡμῶν κ. τ. λ.: our mouth is open (ἀνέῳγα = ἀνέωγμαι, as often in later Greek; observe its present signification, as at 1 Corinthians 16:9) unto you, O Corinthians, i.e., I am speaking quite candidly and freely to you (see reff.). Only here and at Galatians 3:1; Philippians 4:15, does St. Paul call his correspondents by name; here it emphasises the affectionate nature of his appeal, and it singles out the Corinthians from the wider circle to whom the letter was addressed (2 Corinthians 1:1). ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν κ. τ. λ.: our heart is enlarged, which is indeed the reason of his freedom of speech, for ἐκ τοῦ περισσεύματος τῆς καρδίας τὸ στόμα λαλεῖ (Matthew 12:34). By enlargement of heart is meant here a widening of sympathy, and not the expansiveness of joy (Isaiah 60:5) or an in crease in intelligence and wisdom (1 Kings 4:29).

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2 Corinthians 6:11

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