2 CORINTHIANS 12:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?”
I urged Titus to go to you and sent our brother with him. Titus did not exploit you, did he? Did we not walk in the same footsteps by the same Spirit? — *Titus* and the *unnamed brother* are *living proof* of Paul's *authenticity*. They *walked* (*peripatéō*) in the *same footsteps* (*ichnos*), exhibiting *homotimia*, equality of conduct. The *Holy Spirit* *unified* their apostolic practice.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 12:18
But be it so, I myself did not burden you: but being crafty, I caught you with guile. Did I take advantage of you by any one of them whom I have sent unto you? I exhorted Titus, and with him I sent the brother. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Walked we not by the same spirit? Walked we not in the same steps? Paul has spoken these words very obscurely, but not without a meaning or purpose. For seeing he was speaking about money, and his defense on that score, it is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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