11 Our mouth hath been open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart hath been enlarged!
The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart!
and I most gladly will spend and be entirely spent for your souls, even if, more abundantly loving you, less I am loved.
I speak, and there is refreshment to me, I open my lips and answer.
Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate. Of the uprightness of my heart `are' my sayings, And knowledge have my lips clearly spoken.
And also, because the wine `is' treacherous, A man is haughty, and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul, And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples,
for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that ye might be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you.
not to condemn you do I say `it', for I have said before that in our hearts ye are to die with and to live with; great `is' my freedom of speech unto you, great my glory on your behalf; I have been filled with the comfort, I overabound with the joy on all our tribulation,
O thoughtless Galatians, who did bewitch you, not to obey the truth -- before whose eyes Jesus Christ was described before among you crucified?
having known that whatever good thing each one may do, this he shall receive from the Lord, whether servant or freeman.
and ye have known, even ye Philippians, that in the beginning of the good news when I went forth from Macedonia, no assembly did communicate with me in regard to giving and receiving except ye only;
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Commentary on 2 Corinthians 6 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 6
In this chapter the apostle gives an account of his general errand to all to whom he preached; with the several arguments and methods he used (v. 1-10). Then he addresses himself particularly to the Corinthians, giving them good cautions with great affection and strong arguments (v. 11-18).
2Cr 6:1-10
In these verses we have an account of the apostle's general errand and exhortation to all to whom he preached in every place where he came, with the several arguments and methods he used. Observe,
2Cr 6:11-18
The apostle proceeds to address himself more particularly to the Corinthians, and cautions them against mingling with unbelievers. Here observe,