What Does 2 Corinthians 6:13 Mean in the King James?
Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The return asked here is a matching enlargement: an open heart is answered by a heart made spacious too.
THE MEANING
You are addressed with the closeness of a child, and the return asked is equal openness. The same widened-heartedness offered to you becomes the space in which relationship can meet you.
THE ROOT
πλατύνθητε
platynthēte
GROWS FROM
πλατυ-
platy-
Broad, wide; having room to expand.
The word translated “enlarged” comes from the idea of becoming broad or spacious. The same verb describes the heart as already enlarged in verse 11, so the requested return is a widening of the heart in kind.
ALSO GROWS
platys: Wide, broad.
πλατύς
This adjective carries the root’s sense of width as room, giving “enlarged” the feel of becoming more spacious.
plateia: A broad street or open way.
πλατεῖα
This related word makes breadth shared space: widening creates room through which others can pass.
THE PATTERN
When inward capacity widens, relationship, movement, and dwelling gain room to grow.
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;THE THREAD
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.The verb translated “enlarged” in both verses is πλατύνω (platynō), meaning “to widen.” The open mouth and enlarged heart in verse 11 become the pattern for the matching response in verse 13: a heart made spacious in return.
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