2 Corinthians 6:11

Mace New Testament

O Corinthians, my heart is so full, my tongue cannot be silent:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
We have spoken openly to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide.

King James Version (1611)
O yee Corinthians, our mouth is open vnto you, our heart is enlarged.

King James Version
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.

English Standard Version
We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open.

New American Standard Bible
Our mouth has spoken freely to you, you Corinthians, our heart is opened wide.

New Century Version
We have spoken freely to you in Corinth and have opened our hearts to you.

Amplified Bible
We are speaking freely to you, Corinthians [we are keeping nothing back], and our heart is opened wide.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Our mouth has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our heart is opened wide.

Legacy Standard Bible
Our mouth has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our heart is opened wide.

Berean Standard Bible
We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians. Our hearts are open wide.

Contemporary English Version
Friends in Corinth, we are telling the truth when we say that there is room in our hearts for you.

Complete Jewish Bible
Dear friends in Corinth! We have spoken frankly to you, we have opened our hearts wide.

Darby Translation
Our mouth is opened to you, Corinthians, our heart is expanded.

Easy-to-Read Version
We have spoken freely to you people in Corinth. We have opened our hearts to you.

Geneva Bible (1587)
O Corinthians, our mouth is open vnto you: our heart is made large.

George Lamsa Translation
O Corinthians, we have told you everything, and our heart is relieved.

Good News Translation
Dear friends in Corinth! We have spoken frankly to you; we have opened our hearts wide.

Lexham English Bible
We have spoken freely and openly to you, Corinthians; our heart is open wide.

Literal Translation
Our mouth is opened to you, Corinthians, our heart has been made larger.

American Standard Version
Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.

Bible in Basic English
Our mouth is open to you, O Corinthians, our heart is wide.

Hebrew Names Version
Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged.

International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
OUR mouth is opened to you, Kurinthoyee, and our heart expanded.

Murdock Translation
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is opened towards you, and our heart expanded.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open vnto you, our heart is made large:

English Revised Version
Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.

World English Bible
Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is opened toward you, our heart is inlarged.

Weymouth's New Testament
O Corinthians, our lips are unsealed to you: our heart is expanded.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A! ye Corynthies, oure mouth is open to you, oure herte is alargid;

Update Bible Version
Our mouth is open to you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.

Webster's Bible Translation
O [ye] Corinthians, our mouth is open to you, our heart is enlarged.

New English Translation
We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide to you.

New King James Version
O Corinthians! We have spoken openly to you, our heart is wide open.

New Living Translation
Oh, dear Corinthian friends! We have spoken honestly with you, and our hearts are open to you.

New Life Bible
We have spoken to you who are in the city of Corinth with plain words. Our hearts are wide open.

New Revised Standard
We have spoken frankly to you Corinthians; our heart is wide open to you.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Our mouth, is opened unto you, O Corinthians! our heart, hath become enlarged:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Our mouth is open to you, O ye Corinthians: our heart is enlarged.

Revised Standard Version
Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
O ye Corinthyans oure mouth is open vnto you. Oure herte is made large:

Young's Literal Translation
Our mouth hath been open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart hath been enlarged!

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O ye Corinthians, oure mouth is open vnto you, oure hert is made large.

THE MESSAGE
Dear, dear Corinthians, I can't tell you how much I long for you to enter this wide-open, spacious life. We didn't fence you in. The smallness you feel comes from within you. Your lives aren't small, but you're living them in a small way. I'm speaking as plainly as I can and with great affection. Open up your lives. Live openly and expansively!

Simplified Cowboy Version
Won't all you cowboys in Corinth listen? I have spoken plainly with an open heart.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ O Corinthians, my heart is so full, my tongue cannot be silent: ¹² our affections are as enlarged towards you, as yours are contracted towards us. ¹³ I address myself to you as a parent, be not you wanting in the returns of filial respect to me. ¹⁴ Are you not become associates with infidels? but what affinity is there between virtue and vice? and what communication has light with darkness? ¹⁵ what concord can Christ maintain with Belial? what concern has a believer with an infidel? ¹⁶ and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God has said , "I will dwell with, and walk among them; I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ¹⁷ wherefore come out from among them, be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, ¹⁸ I will be a father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ye: Galatians 3:1, Philippians 4:15

our mouth: 2 Corinthians 7:3, 2 Corinthians 7:4, 1 Samuel 2:1, Job 32:20, Job 33:2, Job 33:3, Psalms 51:15

our heart: 2 Corinthians 2:4, 2 Corinthians 12:15, Psalms 119:32, Habakkuk 2:5, Ephesians 6:8, Philippians 1:8, Revelation 22:12

Reciprocal: Exodus 28:30 - upon his heart Acts 8:35 - opened 1 Corinthians 4:14 - my 2 Corinthians 11:11 - because 1 Thessalonians 2:8 - affectionately

Cross-References

Luke 1:6
they were both of them sincerely pious; observing all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord; with unspotted reputation.

Romans 2:13
for not the bare hearers of the law, but they who observe the law, are such as shall be justified, before God.

Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every one may be silenc'd, and all the world plead guilty before God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

O ye Corinthians,.... The apostle having exhorted the ministers of the church at Corinth to take care of their ministry, that they fulfil it, and that it might appear that the Gospel, and gifts fitting them to preach it, were not received in vain by them; all which he strengthens and encourages by his own example; and that of others, addresses the members of the church in a very pathetic manner, saying,

our mouth is open to you; to speak our minds freely to you; we shall hide and conceal nothing from you, we shall deal with you with all plainness and faithfulness. This seems to refer unto, and pave the way for what he afterwards says about their unequal fellowship with unbelievers:

our heart is enlarged: with love to you, and eager desires after your good; and it is from the abundance of our hearts, and hearty affection for you, that our mouth is open so freely to communicate to you.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you - We speak freely, and fully. This is an affectionate address to them, and has reference to what he had just said. It means that, when the heart was full on the subject, words would flow freely, and that he had given vent to the fervid language which he had just used because his heart was full. He loved them; he felt deeply; and he spoke to them with the utmost freedom of what he had thought, and purposed, and done.

Our heart is enlarged - We have deep feelings, which naturally vent themselves in fervent and glowing language. The main idea here is, that he had a strong affection for them; a heart which embraced and loved them all, and which expressed itself in the language of deep emotion. He had loved them so that he was willing to be reproached, and to be persecuted, and to be poor, and to have his name cast out as evil. “I cannot be silent. I conceal or dissemble nothing. I am full of ardent attachment, and that naturally vents itself in the strong language which I have used.” True attachment will find means of expressing itself. A heart full of love will give vent to its feelings. There will be no dissembling and hypocrisy there. And if a minister loves the souls of his people he will pour out the affections of his heart in strong and glowing language.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Corinthians 6:11. O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you — I speak to you with the utmost freedom and fluency, because of my affection for you.

Our heart is enlarged. — It is expanded to take you and all your interests in; and to keep you in the most affectionate remembrance.

The preceding verses contain a very fine specimen of a very powerful and commanding eloquence.