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2 Corinthians 6:13

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Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
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  1. 1 John 3:18Rank 1 from verse 13
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    18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

  2. 3 John 1:4Rank 2 from verse 13
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    4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

  3. 1 Corinthians 4:14–15Rank 3 from verse 13
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    14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.

    15For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

  4. 1 John 2:1Rank 4 from verse 13
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    1MY little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

  5. 1 John 3:7Rank 5 from verse 13
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    7Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

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2 Corinthians 6:13

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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in

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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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speak

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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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ye

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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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enlarged

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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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12Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.

13Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.

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14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

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