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2 Corinthians 6:12

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← 2 Corinthians 6:11	2 Corinthians 6:12 (KJV)	2 Corinthians 6:13 →
O [ye] Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.	Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.	Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto [my] children,) be ye also enlarged.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Ye are^G4729 not^G3756 straitened^G4729 in^G1722 us^G2254, but^G1161 ye are straitened^G4729 in^G1722 your own^G5216 bowels^G4698.

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Original Greek

οὐ στενοχωρεῖσθε ἐν ἡμῖν, στενοχωρεῖσθε δὲ ἐν τοῖς σπλάγχνοις ὑμῶν.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
οὐ	ou	G3756	PRT-N	not
στενοχωρεῖσθε	stenochōreisthe	G4729	V-PPI-2P	Ye are straitened
ἐν	en	G1722	PREP	in
ἡμῖν,	hēmin	G2254	P-1DP	us
στενοχωρεῖσθε	stenochōreisthe	G4729	V-PPI-2P	ye are straitened
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ	but
ἐν	en	G1722	PREP	in
τοῖς	tois	G3588	T-DPN	*
σπλάγχνοις	splanchnois	G4698	N-DPN	bowels
ὑμῶν.	humōn	G5216	P-2GP	your own

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G1161 — δέ (dé, deh): but, on the other hand, and — a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
• G1722 — ἐν (en, en): in, on, among — a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between εἰς and ἐκ); "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.:--about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (… sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
• G2254 — ἡμῖν (hēmîn, hay-meen'): dative case plural of ἐγώ; to (or for, with, by) us:--our, (for) us, we.
• G3756 — οὐ (ou, oo): no, not — a primary word; the absolute negative (compare μή) adverb; no or not:--+ long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also οὐ μή, μῆκος.
• G4698 — σπλάγχνον (splánchnon, splangkh'-non): bowels, compassion, pity — probably strengthened from (the "spleen"); an intestine (plural); figuratively, pity or sympathy:--bowels, inward affection, + tender mercy.
• G4729 — στενοχωρέω (stenochōréō, sten-okh-o-reh'-o): I press upon, cramp, restrain — from the same as στενοχωρία; to hem in closely, i.e. (figuratively) cramp:--distress, straiten.
• G5216 — ὑμῶν (hymōn, hoo-mone'): genitive case of ὑμεῖς; of (from or concerning) you:--ye, you, your (own, -selves).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• are not — Job 36:16, Proverbs 4:12, Ecclesiastes 6:9, Micah 2:7
• in your — 1 John 3:17

Reciprocal references (5): Exodus 28:30, 2 Corinthians 7:3, 2 Corinthians 7:15, 2 Corinthians 11:11, 2 Corinthians 12:15

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• Nave’s: LOVE

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