2 Corinthians 6:13

13 As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open wide your hearts also.

2 Corinthians 6:13 in Other Translations

KJV
13 Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
ESV
13 In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also.
NLT
13 I am asking you to respond as if you were my own children. Open your hearts to us!
MSG
13 I'm speaking as plainly as I can and with great affection. Open up your lives. Live openly and expansively!
CSB
13 Now in like response-I speak as to children-you also should be open to us.

2 Corinthians 6:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 6:13

Now for a recompence in the same
That your love to me may answer mine to you; that as you have my heart, I may have yours, and the same room in your heart, as you have in mine. The Vulgate Latin version reads, "having the same recompence"; and the Arabic version renders it, "grant to me the same recompence"; and the Syriac version, "recompense to me my usuries that are with you"; that is, repay me with affection, let love be returned for love.

I speak as unto my children;
which relation subsisting between us requires mutual affection; for as a father should love his children, so children should love their father:

be ye also enlarged;
in your love to me, as I am to you; and then, as if he should say, you will bear with, and take in good part the following exhortation and advice.

2 Corinthians 6:13 In-Context

11 We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you.
12 We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us.
13 As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open wide your hearts also.
14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial ? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

Cross References 2

  • 1. S 1 Thessalonians 2:11; 1 Corinthians 4:14
  • 2. 2 Corinthians 7:2
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