6Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
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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?
And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:
But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. …
Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)Observe here, I. The apostle takes occasion from the good example of the churches of Macedonia, that is, of Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea, and others in the region of Macedonia, to exhort the Corinthians and the Christians in Achaia to the good work of charity. And, 1. He acquaints them with their great liberality, which he calls the grace of God bestowed on the churches , 2 Cor. 8:1. Some think t…
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