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Open your hearts to us!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_corinthians/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />As a fair exchange, I ask you as my children: Open wide your hearts also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_corinthians/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Now <i>as</i> the same recompense, I speak as to children, be you expanded also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto <i>my</i> children,) be ye also enlarged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_corinthians/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now in return for the same (I speak as to children), you also be open.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_corinthians/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now in the same way in exchange—I am speaking as to children—open wide <i>your hearts to us,</i> you as well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now in a like exchange— I speak as to children— open wide to us also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_corinthians/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now in a like exchange—I speak as to children—open wide <i>to us</i> also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_corinthians/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now in a like exchange—I speak as to children—open wide <i>to us</i> also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_corinthians/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now in the same way as a fair exchange [for our love toward you]—I am speaking as [I would] to children—open wide [your hearts] <i>to us</i> also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_corinthians/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I speak as to my children; as a proper response, open your heart to us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_corinthians/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I speak as to my children. As a proper response, you should also be open to us. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_corinthians/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_corinthians/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I speak to you as I would speak to my own children. Please make room in your hearts for us. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_corinthians/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_corinthians/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I'm talking to you as I would talk to children. Treat us the same way we've treated you. Make a place for us in your hearts too.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_corinthians/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I speak now as though you were my children: show us the same feelings that we have for you. Open your hearts wide! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_corinthians/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Do us a favor—I ask you as my children—and open wide your hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_corinthians/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />As a fair exchange, I ask you as my children: Open wide your hearts also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_corinthians/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now as a fair exchange--I speak as to my children--open wide your hearts to us also. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_corinthians/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now in return, I speak as to my children, you also be open wide.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_corinthians/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Now for a recompense in the same (I speak as to my children,) be ye also enlarged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_corinthians/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />And in just requital--I speak as to my children--let your hearts expand also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_corinthians/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now in return—I speak as to my children—you also open your hearts. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_corinthians/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and [as] a repayment of the same kind (as to children I say [it]), be enlarged—also you!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_corinthians/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Now <i>as</i> the same recompense, I speak as to children, be you expanded also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_corinthians/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and as a recompense of the same kind, (as to children I say it,) be ye enlarged -- also ye!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_corinthians/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And for the same recompense, (I speak as to children,) be ye yourselves also enlarged.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_corinthians/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But having the same recompense, (I speak as to my children,) be you also enlarged. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_corinthians/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But since we have the same recompense, (I am speaking as if to my own sons), you, too, should be enlarged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_corinthians/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />As recompense in kind (I speak as to my children), be open yourselves. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_corinthians/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />In return—I speak as to children—open wide your hearts also.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_corinthians/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I speak as to my children, render me my reward which is with you, increase your love toward me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_corinthians/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />But I speak as to children: “Pay me my remuneration which is with you, and enlarge your love to me.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/2_corinthians/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />That you may repay me in like manner, (I speak as to children,) be you also enlarged.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/2_corinthians/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />But as I speak to children, you indeed receive this reward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/2_corinthians/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Let us have a like return; I speak as unto children; be ye also enlarged.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/2_corinthians/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />I address myself to you as a parent, be not you wanting in the returns of filial respect to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_corinthians/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />And in just requital--I speak as to my children--let your hearts expand also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/2_corinthians/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Now, for a recompense in like kind (I am speaking as to <i>my</i> children), be ye also enlarged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/2_corinthians/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />Now as a return of <i>our love</i> (I speak as to <i>my</i> children) be ye also enlarged <i>towards us.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/6-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddheG4hMg28?start=1053" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/6.htm">Paul's Hardships and God's Grace</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>It is not our affection, but yours, that is restrained. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">As</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autēn (PPro-AF3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">a fair</a> <a href="/greek/489.htm" title="489: antimisthian (N-AFS) -- A reward, recompense, retribution. From a compound of anti and misthos; requital, correspondence.">exchange,</a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legō (V-PIA-1S) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">I ask you</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">as</a> <a href="/greek/5043.htm" title="5043: teknois (N-DNP) -- A child, descendent, inhabitant. From the base of timoria; a child.">my children:</a> <a href="/greek/4115.htm" title="4115: platynthēte (V-AMP-2P) -- To enlarge, make broad; met: of the growth of tenderness and love. From platus; to widen.">Open wide</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymeis (PPro-N2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your hearts</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">also.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">14</span>Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-12.htm">Galatians 4:12</a></span><br />I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-14.htm">1 Corinthians 4:14-16</a></span><br />I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children. / Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. / Therefore I urge you to imitate me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/1-8.htm">Philippians 1:8</a></span><br />God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/2-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:7-8</a></span><br />On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children. / We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-18.htm">1 John 3:18</a></span><br />Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-10.htm">Romans 12:10</a></span><br />Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-15.htm">Ephesians 4:15</a></span><br />Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-12.htm">Colossians 3:12-14</a></span><br />Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. / Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. / And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-22.htm">1 Peter 1:22</a></span><br />Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-1.htm">Hebrews 13:1</a></span><br />Continue in brotherly love.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/13-34.htm">John 13:34-35</a></span><br />A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. / By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-44.htm">Matthew 5:44</a></span><br />But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/23-26.htm">Proverbs 23:26</a></span><br />My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-15.htm">Isaiah 49:15-16</a></span><br />“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you! / Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3</a></span><br />The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Now for a recompense in the same, (I speak as to my children,) be you also enlarged.</p><p class="hdg">I speak.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/4-14.htm">1 Corinthians 4:14,15</a></b></br> I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn <i>you</i>… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/galatians/4-19.htm">Galatians 4:19</a></b></br> My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_thessalonians/2-11.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:11</a></b></br> As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father <i>doth</i> his children,</p><p class="hdg">be.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/13-14.htm">2 Kings 13:14-19</a></b></br> Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/81-10.htm">Psalm 81:10</a></b></br> I <i>am</i> the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/9-28.htm">Matthew 9:28,29</a></b></br> And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_corinthians/3-13.htm">Children</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-11.htm">Enlarged</a> <a href="/romans/1-26.htm">Exchange</a> <a href="/exodus/39-3.htm">Expand</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/13-5.htm">Fair</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-11.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-11.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-8.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-6.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-11.htm">Open</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-5.htm">Payment</a> <a href="/romans/11-9.htm">Recompence</a> <a href="/romans/12-20.htm">Recompense</a> <a href="/luke/23-41.htm">Requital</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-37.htm">Sort</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-12.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-11.htm">Wide</a> <a href="/matthew/23-5.htm">Widen</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_corinthians/12-14.htm">Children</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-15.htm">Enlarged</a> <a href="/revelation/11-10.htm">Exchange</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-15.htm">Expand</a> <a href="/galatians/6-12.htm">Fair</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-4.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-2.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-5.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/galatians/5-8.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-2.htm">Open</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-8.htm">Payment</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-2.htm">Recompence</a> <a href="/colossians/3-24.htm">Recompense</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-8.htm">Requital</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-11.htm">Sort</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-3.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-9.htm">Wide</a> <a href="/matthew/23-5.htm">Widen</a><div class="vheading2">2 Corinthians 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-1.htm">That he has approved himself a faithful minister of Christ by his exhortations,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-3.htm">and by integrity of life,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-4.htm">and by patiently enduring all kinds of affliction and disgrace for the gospel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-10.htm">Of which he speaks the more boldly amongst them because his heart is open to them,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-13.htm">and he expects the like affection from them again;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">exhorting them to flee the society and pollutions of idolaters, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">as being themselves temples of the living God.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/2_corinthians/6.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>As a fair exchange</b><br />This phrase suggests a reciprocal relationship, emphasizing fairness and mutuality. In the Greek, the word "antimisthia" conveys the idea of recompense or a return for something given. Paul is appealing to the Corinthians to reciprocate the love and openness he has shown them. Historically, this reflects the Greco-Roman cultural value of reciprocity in relationships, where mutual exchange was a foundation of social interaction. Paul is not demanding but inviting them to respond in kind to his genuine affection and concern.<p><b>I ask you</b><br />The Greek verb "parakalo" is used here, which can mean to urge, exhort, or beseech. It carries a tone of earnest appeal rather than command. Paul’s approach is pastoral and gentle, reflecting his deep care for the Corinthian believers. This aligns with the broader scriptural context where leaders are encouraged to shepherd their flock with love and humility, as seen in <a href="/1_peter/5-2.htm">1 Peter 5:2-3</a>.<p><b>as my children</b><br />Paul often uses familial language to describe his relationship with the churches he founded. The Greek word "tekna" denotes children, emphasizing a relationship of care, guidance, and affection. This reflects the spiritual fatherhood Paul feels towards the Corinthians, akin to the nurturing role he describes in <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:7-11</a>. It underscores the depth of his commitment and the personal nature of his appeal.<p><b>Open wide your hearts also</b><br />The phrase "open wide" translates the Greek "platynō," which means to enlarge or expand. Paul is urging the Corinthians to broaden their emotional and spiritual capacity to receive and reciprocate love. The heart, "kardia" in Greek, is often used in Scripture to denote the center of one's being, encompassing emotions, will, and intellect. Paul’s call is for an expansive, generous spirit, mirroring the openness he has shown them. This exhortation is a timeless reminder of the Christian call to love abundantly, as seen in Jesus’ teaching in <a href="/john/13-34.htm">John 13:34-35</a>, where love is the hallmark of discipleship.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_corinthians/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">Now for a recompence in the same.</span>--Better, perhaps, as a <span class= "ital">return,</span> as expressing the idea of reciprocity. Children should requite the care and love of parents. (Comp. <a href="/2_corinthians/12-14.htm" title="Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.">2Corinthians 12:14</a>.) They, the Corinthians, are his spiritual children. (Comp. <a href="/1_corinthians/4-15.htm" title="For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have you not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.">1Corinthians 4:15</a>.) What does he demand of them, but that they should love him in return for his love? What they needed in their spiritual life was breadth and expansiveness of affection.<span class= "bld"><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_corinthians/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Now, for a recompense in the same.</span> He begs them to give him "a reward in kind;" in other words, he wishes them to be as frank with him as he has been to them. <span class="cmt_word">As unto my children.</span> And therefore, as a spiritual father, I may surely ask for sympathy. St. Paul uses the same metaphor in <a href="/1_corinthians/4-14.htm">1 Corinthians 4:14</a>; <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-11.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:11</a>. <span class="cmt_word">Be ye also enlarged.</span> Treat me as I have treated you (comp. "Be as I am," <a href="/galatians/4-12.htm">Galatians 4:12</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_corinthians/6-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">[As]</span><br /><span class="grk">δὲ</span> <span class="translit">(de)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle; but, and, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a fair</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτὴν</span> <span class="translit">(autēn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">exchange,</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀντιμισθίαν</span> <span class="translit">(antimisthian)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_489.htm">Strong's 489: </a> </span><span class="str2">A reward, recompense, retribution. From a compound of anti and misthos; requital, correspondence.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I ask [you]</span><br /><span class="grk">λέγω</span> <span class="translit">(legō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">as</span><br /><span class="grk">ὡς</span> <span class="translit">(hōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> </span><span class="str2">Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[my] children:</span><br /><span class="grk">τέκνοις</span> <span class="translit">(teknois)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5043.htm">Strong's 5043: </a> </span><span class="str2">A child, descendent, inhabitant. From the base of timoria; a child.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Open wide</span><br /><span class="grk">πλατύνθητε</span> <span class="translit">(platynthēte)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Imperative Passive - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4115.htm">Strong's 4115: </a> </span><span class="str2">To enlarge, make broad; met: of the growth of tenderness and love. From platus; to widen.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your [hearts]</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑμεῖς</span> <span class="translit">(hymeis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">also.</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_corinthians/6-13.htm">2 Corinthians 6:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_corinthians/6-13.htm">2 Corinthians 6:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_corinthians/6-13.htm">2 Corinthians 6:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/6-13.htm">2 Corinthians 6:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/6-13.htm">2 Corinthians 6:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_corinthians/6-13.htm">2 Corinthians 6:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_corinthians/6-13.htm">2 Corinthians 6:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_corinthians/6-13.htm">2 Corinthians 6:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_corinthians/6-13.htm">2 Corinthians 6:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_corinthians/6-13.htm">2 Corinthians 6:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_corinthians/6-13.htm">NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 6:13 Now in return I speak as (2 Cor. 2C iiC 2Cor ii cor iicor) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Corinthians 6:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 6:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Corinthians 6:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 6:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>