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2 Corinthians 6

2 Cor. 6:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
for a recompence
antimisthia (Greek #489)
requital, correspondence
KJV usage: recompense.
Pronounce: an-tee-mis-thee'-ah
Origin: from a compound of 473 and 3408
in the same
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
, (I speak
lego (Greek #3004)
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas 2036 and 5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while 4483 is properly to break silence merely, and 2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
KJV usage: ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
Pronounce: leg'-o
Origin: a primary verb
as unto
hos (Greek #5613)
which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
KJV usage: about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.
Pronounce: hoce
Origin: probably adverb of comparative from 3739
my children
teknon (Greek #5043)
a child (as produced)
KJV usage: child, daughter, son.
Pronounce: tek'-non
Origin: from the base of 5098
,) be
platuno (Greek #4115)
to widen (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: make broad, enlarge.
Pronounce: plat-oo'-no
Origin: from 4116
ye
humeis (Greek #5210)
you (as subjective of verb)
KJV usage: ye (yourselves), you.
Pronounce: hoo-mice'
Origin: irregular plural of 4771
also
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
enlarged
platuno (Greek #4115)
to widen (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: make broad, enlarge.
Pronounce: plat-oo'-no
Origin: from 4116
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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I speak.
1 Cor. 4:14‑15• 14Not as chiding do I write these things to you, but as my beloved children I admonish you.
 15For if ye should have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus *I* have begotten you through the glad tidings. (1 Cor. 4:14‑15)
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Gal. 4:19• 19my children, of whom I again travail in birth until Christ shall have been formed in you: (Gal. 4:19)
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1 Thess. 2:11• 11as ye know how, as a father his own children, we used to exhort each one of you, and comfort and testify, (1 Thess. 2:11)
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Heb. 12:5‑6• 5And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by him;
 6for whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives. (Heb. 12:5‑6)
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1 John 2:1,12‑14• 1My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if any one sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
 12I write to you, children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
 13I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
 14I have written to you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. (1 John 2:1,12‑14)
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1 John 3:7,18• 7Children, let no man lead you astray; he that practises righteousness is righteous, even as *he* is righteous.
 18Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth. (1 John 3:7,18)
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3 John 4• 4I have no greater joy than these things that I hear of my children walking in the truth. (3 John 4)
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2 Kings 13:14‑19• 14And Elisha fell sick of his sickness in which he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over his face, and said, My father, my father! the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof!
 15And Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took a bow and arrows.
 16And he said to the king of Israel, Put thy hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it; and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands,
 17and said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. And Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, An arrow of Jehovah's deliverance, even an arrow of deliverance from the Syrians; and thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou hast consumed them.
 18And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
 19And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then wouldest thou have smitten the Syrians till thou hadst consumed them; whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. (2 Kings 13:14‑19)
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Psa. 81:10• 10I am Jehovah thy God, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. (Psa. 81:10)
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Matt. 9:28‑29• 28And when he was come to the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus says to them, Do ye believe that I am able to do this? They say to him, Yea, Lord.
 29Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be it unto you. (Matt. 9:28‑29)
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Matt. 17:19‑21• 19Then the disciples, coming to Jesus apart, said to him, Why were not *we* able to cast him out?
 20And he says to them, Because of your unbelief; for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say to this mountain, Be transported hence there, and it shall transport itself; and nothing shall be impossible to you.
 21But this kind does not go out but by prayer and fasting. (Matt. 17:19‑21)
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Mark 6:4‑6• 4But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not despised save in his own country, and among his kinsmen, and in his own house.
 5And he could not do any work of power there, save that laying his hands on a few infirm persons he healed them.
 6And he wondered because of their unbelief. And he went round the villages in a circuit, teaching. (Mark 6:4‑6)
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Mark 11:24• 24For this reason I say to you, All things whatsoever ye pray for and ask, believe that ye receive it, and it shall come to pass for you. (Mark 11:24)
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James 1:6‑7• 6but let him ask in faith, nothing doubting. For he that doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed about;
 7for let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord; (James 1:6‑7)
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1 John 5:14‑15• 14And this is the boldness which we have towards him, that if we ask him anything according to his will he hears us.
 15And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him. (1 John 5:14‑15)
• Love never fails; and that their affections should answer his was the only recompense he sought at their hands. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 6:11-13” by W. Kelly)
• That their affections should answer his was the only recompense he sought at their hands. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 6:11-13” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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but for an answering recompense, (I speak as to children,) let *your* heart also expand itselfc.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "be ye also expanded."

W. Kelly Translation

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now for the same requitala, I speak as to children, be expanded also yourselves.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, "for requital in the same." He wanted the reward in the same kind, not that they had it.