Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.
Open your hearts to us: we wronged no man, we corrupted no man, we took advantage of no man.
Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, Is the Spirit of Jehovah straitened? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?
For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.
we are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair;