Open your hearts to us (χωρησατε ημας). Old verb (from χωρος, place), to leave a space, to make a space for, and transitive here a…

Receive us. Tyndale translates this as, "understand us." The word used here (cwrhsate) properly means to give space, place, or ro…

Receive us; we have wronged no man.—Better, Make room for us; we wronged no man: with the same change o…

After this brief digression (6:14–7:1) Paul renews his appeal (cf. 6:13) for the Corinthians’ full affection. He knows of nothing in his past condu…

Make room for us. Again he returns from a statement of doctrine to address what more specifically concerns himself, but simply with this i…

Receive us
Into your affections, let us have a place in your hearts, as you have in ours: Gospel ministers ought to be receive…

The promises of God are strong reasons for us to follow after holiness; we must cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit. If we ho…

Having informed the Corinthians how to behave in the future, the Apostle now commends them for the good they have accomplished in the past. To conn…