2nd Corinthians

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2nd Corinthians Chapter 6 verse 13 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndCorinthians 6:13

Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto `my' children), be ye also enlarged.
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BBE 2ndCorinthians 6:13

Now to give me back payment of the same sort (I am talking as to my children), let your hearts be wide open to me.
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DARBY 2ndCorinthians 6:13

but for an answering recompense, (I speak as to children,) let *your* heart also expand itself.
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KJV 2ndCorinthians 6:13

Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
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WBT 2ndCorinthians 6:13

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WEB 2ndCorinthians 6:13

Now in return, I speak as to my children, you also be open wide.
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YLT 2ndCorinthians 6:13

and `as' a recompense of the same kind, (as to children I say `it',) be ye enlarged -- also ye!
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - Now, for a recompense in the same. He begs them to give him "a reward in kind;" in other words, he wishes them to be as frank with him as he has been to them. As unto my children. And therefore, as a spiritual father, I may surely ask for sympathy. St. Paul uses the same metaphor in 1 Corinthians 4:14; 1 Thessalonians 2:11. Be ye also enlarged. Treat me as I have treated you (comp. "Be as I am," Galatians 4:12).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) Now for a recompence in the same.--Better, perhaps, as a return, as expressing the idea of reciprocity. Children should requite the care and love of parents. (Comp. 2Corinthians 12:14.) They, the Corinthians, are his spiritual children. (Comp. 1Corinthians 4:15.) What does he demand of them, but that they should love him in return for his love? What they needed in their spiritual life was breadth and expansiveness of affection.