{Our mouth is open unto you} ( o stoma h(886d)(936e) ane(9369)gen pros
humas). Second perfect active indicative of anoig(935c) and
intransitive, stand open. He has kept back nothing in his
portrayal of the glory of the ministry as the picture of the open
mouth shows. {Our heart is enlarged} (h(8820)kardia h(886d)(936e)
peplatuntai). Perfect passive indicative of old verb platun(935c),
to broaden, from platus, broad. In N T. only here and Mt 23:5
(cf. phylacteries). Hence his freedom of speech for "out of the
abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" ( Mt 12:34 ).
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