Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Any constraint ye feel towards me, or narrowness of heart, is not from want of largeness of heart on my part towards you, but from want of it on your part towards me.
bowels—that is, affections (compare II Corinthians 12:15).
not straitened in us—that is, for want of room in our hearts to take you in.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Corinthians 6:12:
Isaiah 63:9
Ezekiel 3:25
Zechariah 11:8
2 Corinthians 7:3
2 Corinthians 7:15
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