Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
2 Corinthians 6:12 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There is no lack of room for you in [our hearts], but you lack room in your own affections [for us]. American Standard Version (1901) Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections. Common English Bible There are no limits to the affection that we feel for you. You are the ones who placed boundaries on your affection for us. Catholic Public Domain Version You are not narrowed by us, but it is by your own inner selves that you are narrowed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You are not straitened in us, but in your own bowels you are straitened. |
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the Spirit of the Lord straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?