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  • 2 Corinthians 6:12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 12 We are not restricted in* our affections for you,+ but you are restricted in your own tender affections for us.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:12
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 12 οὐ not στενοχωρεῖσθε YOU are being put in narrow place ἐν in ἡμῖν, us, στενοχωρεῖσθε YOU are being put in narrow place δὲ but ἐν in τοῖς the σπλάγχνοις bowels ὑμῶν· of YOU;

  • 2 Corinthians 6:12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 12 YOU are not cramped for room within us,+ but YOU are cramped for room in YOUR own tender affections.+

  • 2 Corinthians 6:12
    The Bible in Living English
    • 12 You are not narrowed down in us but narrowed down in your own sympathies.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:12
    American Standard Version
    • 12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:12
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 12 Ye are not straitened in us But are straitened in your hearts’ affections;

  • 2 Corinthians 6:12
    King James Version
    • 12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.

  • 2 Corinthians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2022
    • 6:12 lff lesson 56; w07 1/1 9-10

  • 2 Corinthians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 6:12 w61 300

  • 2 Corinthians
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 6:12

      Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 56

      The Watchtower,

      1/1/2007, pp. 9-10

      5/15/1961, pp. 299-301

  • 2 Corinthians Study Notes—Chapter 6
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 6:12

      We are not restricted in our affections for you: Or “You are not cramped for room within us.” The Greek word ste·no·kho·reʹo·mai, used twice in this verse, literally means “to put in a narrow place.” One lexicon explains the meaning of this phrase regarding the Corinthian Christians: “They are not boxed off in a narrow area of Paul’s affection.” Paul is, in effect, saying that there are no limits to the affection that he feels for the Corinthian Christians.

      tender affections: The Greek term used here, splagkhʹnon, refers in a literal sense to the inward parts of the body. At Ac 1:18, it is rendered “insides [intestines].” In this context (2Co 6:12), the word refers to deeply felt, intense emotions. It is one of the strongest words in Greek for the feeling of compassion.

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