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2 Corinthians 6:12

Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.

KJV

οὐ στενοχωρεῖσθε ἐν ἡμῖν, στενοχωρεῖσθε δὲ ἐν τοῖς σπλάγχνοις ὑμῶν·

Greek NT

Non angustiamini in nobis : angustiamini autem in visceribus vestris :

Vulgate

Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.

ASV

You are not straitened in us: but in your own bowels you are straitened.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
σπλάγχνον
splagchnon
noun · 11×
στενοχωρέω
stenochoreo
verb · 3×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 7:2 — Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
  • 2Cor 7:2 — Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
  • 2Cor 7:15 — And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
  • 2Cor 12:15 — And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
  • Mic 2:7 — 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?
  • Phil 1:8 — For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.