2 Corinthians 6:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³Now for a recompence in the same,(I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.

2 Corinthians 6:13 —

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Cross-References

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3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
1 John 3:18
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
1 John 2:1
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
1 John 3:7
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
1 Thessalonians 2:11
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 11-18)

The apostle proceeds to address himself more particularly to the Corinthians, and cautions them against mingling with unbelievers. Here observe, I. How the caution is introduced with a profession, in a very pathetic manner, of the most tender affection to them, even like that of a father to his children, 2 Cor. 6:11-13. Though the apostle was happy in a great fluency of expressions, yet he seemed…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 13)

13. Translate, “As a recompense in the same kind ... be enlarged also yourselves” [Ellicott]. “In the same way” as my heart is enlarged towards you (2Co 6:11), and “as a recompense” for it (Ga 4:12). I speak as unto my children--as children would naturally be expected to recompense their parents’ love with similar love.