2 Corinthians 6:11

ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν (CDFGKLP) rather than ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν (אB).

11. Τὸ στόμα ἡμῶν�. Not ‘is opened,’ but ‘is open, stands open.’ Comp. John 1:51. With his usual frankness, he tells the inmost workings of his heart. ‘Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.’ He is referring to what precedes, and perhaps also to what follows.

Κορίνθιοι. This is the only place in which he addresses the Corinthians by name: comp. Galatians 3:1; Philippians 4:15; rara et praesentissima appellatio (Bengel).

πεπλάτυνται. ‘Has been enlarged and remains so, ready to take you in.’ Affection εὐρυχώρους ἐργάζεται τὰς τῶν κεκτημένων καρδίας (Theodoret). In spite of the way in which he had been treated, he had felt his love for them becoming intensified by the preparation of this letter. Note the telling asyndeton, and comp. ὁδὸν ἐντολῶν σου ἔδραμον, ὅταν ἐπλάτυνας τὴν καρδίαν μου (Ps. 118:32). In Deuteronomy 11:16 the meaning is different.