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Open your hearts to us (chōrēsate hēmas). Old verb (from chōros, place), to leave a space, to make a space for, and transitive here as in Mat 19:11. He wishes no further stenochōria, tightness of heart, in them (2Co 6:12). “Make room for us in your hearts.” He makes this plea to all, even the stubborn minority.
We wronged no man (oudena ēdikēsamen). A thing that every preacher ought to be able to say. Cf. 2Co 4:2; 1Th 2:3; Act 20:26.
We corrupted no man (oudena ephtheiramen). We ruined no one. “It may refer to money, or morals, or doctrine” (Plummer). He is answering the Judaizers.
We took advantage of no man (oudena epleonektēsamen). That charge was made in Thessalonica (1Th 4:6) which see for this late verb and also on 2Co 2:11. He got the best of (note pleon more in the root) no one in any evil way.