2 CORINTHIANS 2:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.”
I still had no peace of mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia — Paul's anxiety about the Corinthians' response to his severe letter was so acute that he abandoned a strategic opportunity. The search for Titus (who carried news from Corinth) took priority over evangelism. Pastoral concern for his struggling church superseded missionary expansion.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 2:13
These words seem on the one hand to be unworthy of Paul, if because of a brother's absence he threw away so great an opportunity of saving; and on the other, to hang apart from the context. What then? Will ye that we should first prove that they hang upon the context, or, that he has said nothing unworthy of himself? As I think, the second , for so the other point also will be easier and clearer. How then do these (words) hang upon those before them? Let us recall to mind…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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