2 Corinthians 6:12

World English Bible (2000)

You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.

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Referenced Verses

  • Mic 2:7 : 7 Shall it be said, O house of Jacob: "Is the Spirit of Yahweh angry? Are these his doings? Don't my words do good to him who walks blamelessly?"
  • 2 Cor 7:2 : 2 Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one.
  • Phil 1:8 : 8 For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
  • 1 John 3:17 : 17 But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
  • Job 36:16 : 16 Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
  • Prov 4:12 : 12 When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
  • Eccl 6:9 : 9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

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    2 Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one.

    3 I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.

    4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

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    13 But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

    14 For we don't stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn't reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,

    15 not boasting beyond proper limits in other men's labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,

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    4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

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    13 For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong.

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