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12. στενοχωρεῖσθε δὲ ἐν τοῖς σπλάγχνοις ὑμῶν. See on 2Co 4:8. If there is not τελεία ἀγάπη between them and him, the reason is, not that he has little room in his heart for them, but that they have no room in their affections for him. They were too full of prejudice and suspicion and unfounded resentment to admit the love which οὐ παροξύνεται, οὐ λογίζεται τὸ κακόν, πάντα ἐλπίζει (1Co 13:5-6). There seems to be no special point in the change from his καρδία to their σπλάγχνα beyond the avoidance of repetition. In both cases the seat of the affections is meant. The σπλάγχνα include the heart, lungs, and liver, rather than the bowels. See Lightfoot on Php 1:8; Php 2:1; Phm 1:12. Comp. κλείσῃ τὰ σπλάγχνα αὐτοῦ ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ (1Jn 3:17).