2 Corinthians 6:12-13
2 Corinthians 6:11-13 The Message (MSG)
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! * * *
2 Corinthians 6:12-13 King James Version (KJV)
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.
2 Corinthians 6:12-13 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections. Now in a like exchange—I speak as to children—open wide to us also.
2 Corinthians 6:12-13 New Century Version (NCV)
Our feelings of love for you have not stopped, but you have stopped your feelings of love for us. I speak to you as if you were my children. Do to us as we have done—open your hearts to us.
2 Corinthians 6:12-13 American Standard Version (ASV)
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections. Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged.
2 Corinthians 6:12-13 New International Version (NIV)
We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us. As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open wide your hearts also.
2 Corinthians 6:12-13 New King James Version (NKJV)
You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections. Now in return for the same (I speak as to children), you also be open.
2 Corinthians 6:12-13 Amplified Bible (AMP)
There is no limit to our affection for you, but you are limited in your own affection [for us]. 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] to us also.
2 Corinthians 6:12-13 New Living Translation (NLT)
There is no lack of love on our part, but you have withheld your love from us. I am asking you to respond as if you were my own children. Open your hearts to us!
2 Corinthians 6:12-13 The Passion Translation (TPT)
If there is a block in our relationship, it is not with us, for we carry you in our hearts with great love, yet you still withhold your affections from us. So I speak to you as our children. Make room in your hearts for us as we have done for you.