2 Corinthians 6:13

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Now as a fair exchange– I speak as to my children– open wide your hearts to us also.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τὴν δὲ αὐτὴν ἀντιμισθίαν, (ὡς τέκνοις λέγω,) πλατύνθητε καὶ ὑμεῖς.

Transliteration

The de same antimisthian, (as to teknois I legō,) platynthēte also you.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
• *antimisthian*: accusative, feminine, singular - recompense/reward in return
• *teknois*: dative, neuter, plural - to children
• *legō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I speak/say
• *platynthēte*: aorist passive imperative, 2nd person plural - be enlarged/opened wide

Word Meanings

• *antimisthian*: recompense/reward in return/fair exchange
• *teknois*: children/offspring/descendants
• *legō*: speak/say/tell
• *platynthēte*: be enlarged/opened wide/broadened/expanded

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 13:14-19 : 14 Elisha Makes One Final Prophecy Now Elisha had a terminal illness. King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. He wept before him and said,“My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!” 15 Elisha told him,“Take a bow and some arrows,” and he did so. 16 Then Elisha told the king of Israel,“Aim the bow.” He did so, and Elisha placed his hands on the king’s hands. 17 Elisha said,“Open the east window,” and he did so. Elisha said,“Shoot!” and he did so. Elisha said,“This arrow symbolizes the victory the LORD will give you over Syria. You will annihilate Syria in Aphek!” 18 Then Elisha said,“Take the arrows,” and he did so. He told the king of Israel,“Strike the ground!” He struck the ground three times and stopped. 19 The prophet got angry at him and said,“If you had struck the ground five or six times, you would have annihilated Syria! But now, you will defeat Syria only three times.”
• Ps 81:10 : 10 I am the LORD, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’
• Matt 9:28-29 : 28 When he went into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them,“Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him,“Yes, Lord.” 29 Then he touched their eyes saying,“Let it be done for you according to your faith.”
• Matt 17:19-20 : 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said,“Why couldn’t we cast it out?” 20 He told them,“It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain,‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; nothing will be impossible for you.”
• Mark 6:4-6 : 4 Then Jesus said to them,“A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own house.” 5 He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. 6 And he was amazed because of their unbelief. Then he went around among the villages and taught.
• Mark 11:24 : 24 For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
• 1 Cor 4:14-15 : 14 A Father’s Warning I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children. 15 For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
• Gal 4:12 : 12 I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!
• Gal 4:19 : 19 My children– I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you!
• 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children,
• Heb 12:5-6 : 5 And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons?“My son, do not scorn the Lord’s discipline or give up when he corrects you. 6 “For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.”
• Jas 1:6-7 : 6 But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,
• 1 John 2:1 : 1 (My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous One,
• 1 John 2:12-14 : 12 Words of Reassurance I am writing to you, little children, that your sins have been forgiven because of his name. 13 I am writing to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, that you have conquered the evil one. 14 I have written to you, children, that you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young people, that you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one.
• 1 John 3:7 : 7 Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Jesus is righteous.
• 1 John 3:18 : 18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.
• 1 John 5:14-15 : 14 And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, then we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.
• 3 John 1:4 : 4 I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth.