5For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
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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.
The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
Are they ministers of Christ?(I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. …
And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-11)There seems to be a connection between 2 Cor. 2:13 ; 7:5 (where the apostle said he had no rest in his spirit when he found not Titus at Troas) and the 2 Cor. 2:13 ; 7:5 : and so great was his affection to the Corinthians, and his concern about their behaviour in relation to the incestuous person, that, in his further travels, he still had no rest till he heard from them. And now he tells them, I.…
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