2 Corinthians 6:11 - Exposition

Corinthians ! A rare and very personal form of loving appeal, which occurs nowhere else in these Epistles (comp. Philippians 4:15 ). Our mouth is open to you. St. Paul has evidently been writing in a mood of inspired eloquence. The fervour of his feelings has found vent in an unusual flow of beautiful and forcible language. He appeals to the unreserved freedom with which he has written as a reason why they should treat him with the same frank love. Our heart is enlarged. After writing the foregoing majestic appeal, he felt that he had disburdened his heart, and as it were made room in it to receive the Corinthians unreservedly, in spite of all the wrongs which some of them had done him. On the antithesis of the mouth and the heart, see Matthew 12:34 ; Romans 10:10 .