2 Corinthians 6:11–12
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.
O yee Corinthians, our mouth is open vnto you, our heart is enlarged.
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
Yee are not straitened in vs, but yee are straitned in your owne bowels.
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From verse 11
- 2 Corinthians 12:15Rank 1 from verse 11
- 2 Corinthians 7:3–4Rank 2 from verse 11
3I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
3I speake not this to condemne you: for I haue said before, that you are in our hearts to die and liue with you.
4Great is my boldnesse of speach toward you, great is my glorying of you, I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding ioyfull in all our tribulation.
- Psalms 119:32Rank 3 from verse 11
- Philippians 1:8Rank 4 from verse 11
- 2 Corinthians 2:4Rank 5 from verse 11
4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart, I wrote vnto you with many teares, not that you should bee grieued, but that yee might knowe the loue which I haue more abundantly vnto you.
- 1 Samuel 2:1Rank 6 from verse 11
1AND Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
1¶ And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart reioyceth in the LORD, mine horne is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is inlarged ouer mine enemies: because I reioyce in thy saluation.
- Galatians 3:1Rank 7 from verse 11
1O FOOLISH Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
1¶ O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that you should not obey the trueth, before whose eyes Iesus Christ hath been euidently set forth, crucified among you?
- Philippians 4:15Rank 8 from verse 11
15Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
15Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the Gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no Church communicated with mee, as concerning giuing and receiuing, but ye onely.
- Revelation 22:12Rank 9 from verse 11
- Ephesians 6:8Rank 10 from verse 11
- Habakkuk 2:5Rank 11 from verse 11
5¶ Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
5¶ ‖Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth vnto him all nations, & heapeth vnto him all people:
- Job 33:2–3Rank 13 from verse 11
2Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
3My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
2Behold, now I haue opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken †in my mouth.
3My words shalbe of the vprightnesse of my heart: and my lippes shall vtter knowledge clearely.
- Psalms 51:15Rank 14 from verse 11
From verse 12
- 2 Corinthians 7:2Rank 1 from verse 12
7¶ O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the Lord straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
7¶ ‖†O thou that art named the house of Iacob, is the Spirit of the LORD straitned? are these his dongs? doe not my words do good to him that walketh vprightly?
- Philippians 1:8Rank 3 from verse 12
- 1 John 3:17Rank 4 from verse 12
17But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
17But who so hath this worlds good, and seeth his brother hath need, and shutteth vp his bowels of compassion from him; how dwelleth the loue of God in him?
16Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
16Euen so would he haue remooued thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitnesse, and †that which should be set on thy table, should be full of fatnesse.
- Ecclesiastes 6:9Rank 6 from verse 12
- Proverbs 4:12Rank 7 from verse 12
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2 Corinthians 6:11
The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.
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Sense 1: Unclosed, uncovered, or manifest. Sense 2: As a verb, to uncover, reveal, or explain.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of enlarge, meaning to make greater or wider. Sense 2: To set at liberty or give room.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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2 Corinthians 6:12
The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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straitened
1. Confined, narrowed, or restricted in room, movement, or power. 2. Inwardly pressed, distressed, or constrained. 3. Narrowed or restricted in affection or openness.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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1. Figuratively, deep inward feeling or affection, especially compassion, mercy, or distress; also one deeply loved. 2. The inward organs or inner parts of the body. 3. The womb or inward bodily source of offspring.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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6:10As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
6:10As sorrowfull, yet alway reioycing: as poore, yet making many rich: as hauing nothing, and yet possessing all things.
6:11O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.
6:11O yee Corinthians, our mouth is open vnto you, our heart is enlarged.
Selected passage6:12Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
6:12Yee are not straitened in vs, but yee are straitned in your owne bowels.
Selected passage6:13Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
6:13Nowe for a recompense in the same, (I speake as vnto my children) be ye also inlarged.