13. I had no rest in my spirit<\/em> ] i.e. the higher and nobler part of his being, superior to the soul. Cf. 1Co 2:14-15<\/span> and notes. Also 1Co 15:44-46<\/span>.<\/p>\n because I found not Titus my brother<\/em> ] Titus (see ch. 2Co 8:6<\/span>, 2Co 12:18<\/span>) had been sent by the Apostle to superintend the ‘collection for the saints’ at Corinth (1Co 16:1<\/span>). He was most probably the bearer of the former Epistle, and was anxiously expected by the Apostle (ch. 2Co 7:6<\/span>) to bring information regarding the effect it had had upon the Corinthian Church. Though Titus is not mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, he possessed in a high degree the confidence of the Apostle (ch. 2Co 8:16<\/span>), as is shewn by his taking the chief place he seems even to have held a position of greater prominence than ‘the brother whose praise is in the Gospel throughout all the Churches’ (ch. 2Co 8:18<\/span>) in this important mission. Before this, he, as a Gentile, had been the subject of some discussion between St Paul and the Judaizing party at Jerusalem. The latter maintained that Titus ought to be circumcised, the former that he ought not; but St Paul carried his point. His character seems to have been one of deep earnestness and zeal (ch. 2Co 7:13<\/span>; 2Co 7:15<\/span>, 2Co 8:16-17<\/span>) calculated to win the confidence of the great Apostle. He was afterwards placed in charge of the church in Crete, and in this capacity received from St Paul a letter of instruction known as the Epistle to Titus. The last mention of him in point of date is in 2Ti 4:10<\/span>, when he is said to have ‘departed to Dalmatia,’ doubtless on a mission. For the Apostle’s feelings on this occasion (ch. 2Co 7:5-13<\/span>) compare a similar anxiety displayed at an earlier period of his Apostolic career in 1Th 3:2<\/span>; 1Th 3:5-9<\/span>.<\/p>\n I went from thence into Macedonia<\/em> ] Cf. Act 20:1<\/span>.<\/p>\n I had no rest in my spirit – <\/B>I was disappointed, sad, deeply anxious. Though the work in which I was engaged was that which usually gives me my highest joy, yet such was my anxiety to learn the state of things in Corinth, and the success of my letter, and to see Titus, whom I was expecting, that I had comparatively no peace, and no comfort.<\/P> But taking my leave of them – <\/B>Though so many considerations urged me to stay; though there was such a promising field of labor, yet such was my anxiety to hear from you, that I left them.<\/P> I went from thence into Macedonia – <\/B>see the note, Act 16:9<\/span>. I went over where I expected to find Titus, and to learn the state of your affairs. This is one of the few instances in which Paul left an inviting field of labor, and where there was a prospect of signal success, to go to another place. It is adduced here to show the deep interest which he had in the church at Corinth, and his anxiety to learn what was their condition. It shows that there may be cases where it is proper for ministers to leave a field of great and inviting usefulness, to go to another field and to engage in another part of the great vineyard.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 13<\/span>. I had no rest in my spirit<\/B><\/I>] I was so concerned for you, through the love I bear you, that I was greatly distressed because I did not find Titus returned to give me an account of your state.<\/P> <\/P> But taking my leave of them<\/B><\/I>] I went thence into Macedonia, expecting to find him there; and thither he did come; and gave me a joyous account of your state. See 2Co 8:6<\/span>; 2Co 8:7<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n He tells us, that when he came there, he was much troubled because he did not find his brother Titus; where the humility of this great apostle is considerable, in that he disdained not to call <\/P> Titus<\/B> (a person, though a minister, yet much inferior to him as an apostle) brother.<\/B> Several reasons are given of Pauls trouble. That which is most probable is, that he did expect at Troas to have met with Titus come from Corinth, from whom he might more perfectly have understood the affairs of that church: not finding him there, he tells us he went forward into Macedonia; whither, after the uproar at Ephesus, he designed to go, (as we read, Act 20:1<\/span>), but went first into Greece, and stayed there three months, intending to come to Macedonia in his return, 2Co 2:3<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n 13. no rest in my spirit<\/B>rather,”no rest for<\/I> my spirit” (Ge8:9<\/span>). As here his “spirit” had no rest; so in 2Co7:5<\/span>, his “flesh.” His “spirit” under the HolySpirit, hence, concluded that it was not necessary to avail himselfof the “door” of usefulness at Troas any longer. <\/P> taking . . . leave ofthem<\/B>the disciples at Troas.<\/P><\/p>\n I had no rest in my spirit<\/strong>,…. Though there was such a door opened to preach the Gospel, and such an opportunity of doing good, yet he was greatly distressed in his mind; very restless and uneasy in his spirit, and could not be satisfied to stay; which shows, that though he was so great a man, he was but a man, and of like passions with others: and the occasion of this dissatisfaction and uneasiness was,<\/p>\n because<\/strong>, says he,<\/p>\n I found not Titus my brother<\/strong>; whom he so styles, not merely because he was a fellow Christian, but because he was a fellow labourer in the Gospel; and by calling him so, puts an honour upon him, and expresses his affliction for him: now not finding him as he expected, he grew uneasy: not that he wanted him as an interpreter for him, or his assistance in preaching the Gospel at Troas, where so many were inclined to hear the word; but because he was exceedingly desirous of knowing from him the state of affairs in the church at Corinth; so that this whole account is given, to show his affectionate concern for, and care of that church: which he goes on with, saying,<\/p>\n but taking my leave of them<\/strong>; the disciples at Troas, and ordering and prescribing, as the word here used signifies, how things should be managed for the best after his departure; for as there was a door opened for the ministry of the word, it cannot be thought he would leave it thus, without fixing proper persons to go on with the work, and proper directions how to conduct themselves; and very likely he ordained Carpus to be their elder, bishop, or overseer: and having done this, he<\/p>\n went into Macedonia<\/strong>; in quest of Titus, whom he so earnestly desired to see, and by whose coming to him he was greatly refreshed and comforted; see 2Co 7:5<\/span>.<\/p>\n I had no relief <\/B> ( <\/SPAN><\/span>). Perfect active indicative like that in 1:9<\/span>, vivid dramatic recital, not to be treated as “for” the aorist (Robertson, Grammar<\/I>, p. 896, 898ff.). He still feels the shadow of that restlessness. <\/SPAN><\/span>, from <\/SPAN><\/span>, to let up, to hold back, is old word for relaxing or release (Ac 24:34<\/span>).<\/P> For my spirit <\/B> ( <\/SPAN><\/span>). Dative of interest.<\/P> Because I found not Titus <\/B> ( <\/SPAN><\/span>). Instrumental case of the articular infinitive with negative <\/SPAN><\/span> and accusative of general reference <\/SPAN><\/span>, “by the not finding Titus as to me.”<\/P> Taking my leave of them <\/B> ( <\/SPAN><\/span>). First aorist middle participle of <\/SPAN><\/span>, old verb, to set apart, in middle in late Greek to separate oneself, to bid adieu to as in Mr 6:46<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n Rest [] <\/SPAN><\/span>. Rev., relief. See on liberty, Act 24:23<\/span>. <\/P> Taking my leave [] <\/SPAN><\/span>. The verb means, primarily, to set apart or separate; hence to separate one’s self, withdraw, and so to take leave of. The A. V. gives this sense in every case, except Mr 6:46<\/span>, where it wrongly renders sent away. See Luk 9:61<\/span>; Act 18:18<\/span>, 21<\/span>. Ignatins, ajpotaxamenov tw biw having bid farewell to the life, that is, this lower life (Epistle to Philadelphia, 11.).<\/P> <\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n 1) “I had no rest in my Spirit.”<\/strong> (ouk escheka anesin to pneumati mou) “I (have) had no rest to my spirit;” disposition or mind, as a man, Paul was disturbed and disappointed when he did not make contact with Titus as he had longed to do in Troas.<\/p>\n 2) “Because I found not Titus my brother,”<\/strong> (to me eurein me titon ton adelphon mou) “when I did not find my brother Titus.”<\/p>\n 3) “But taking my leave of them,<\/strong> (alla apotaksamenos autois) “But saying (bidding) farewell to them,” the disciples, the church at Troas, Act 20:1-6<\/span>.<\/p>\n 4) “I went from thence into Macedonia,”<\/strong> (ekselthon eis Makedonian) “I went out (forth) of my own accord into Macedonia,” as a matter of consecrated choosing, personal choice, a judgmental decision as used in Act 16:10<\/span>; Act 20:1<\/span>; 2Co 8:17<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n (13) I had no rest in my spirit.<\/strong>Instead of coming himself straight from Ephesus, as he had at first intended, and had intimated probably in the lost letter of 1Co. 5:9<\/span>, or by Timotheus (1Co. 4:17<\/span>), or pressing on through Macedonia, as he purposed when he wrote the First Epistle (1Co. 16:5<\/span>), he had sent on Titus (himself possibly connected with Corinth: see Note on Act. 18:7<\/span>) to ascertain what had been the effects of that Epistle on the Corinthian Church. Titus was to return to him at Troas. Not meeting him there, St. Paul, in his eager anxiety to hear something more than Timotheus had been able to tell him, left Troas, in spite of the opening which it presented for his work as a preacher of the gospel, and hastened on into Macedonia. Taking the route that he had taken before, he would probably go to Philippi, where he would find St. Luke; and we may conjecture, without much risk of error, that it was there that he and Titus met.<\/p>\n 13<\/strong>. <\/strong> No rest<\/strong> Worn by the excitement of the riot at Ephesus, anxious for Titus and Corinth, Paul was for several weeks incapacitated for seizing the prize of evangelizing Troas. See on 2Co 1:8<\/span>. Compare this visit with those narrated by Luke in Act 16:8-11<\/span>, and in Act 20:5-12<\/span>, with our notes. <\/p>\n Into Macedonia<\/strong> Hoping, doubtless, that as Titus might have come by the land route, he might meet his brother <\/strong> there. Titus, then, arrived in time, and his report was on the whole such that Paul returns to the Corinthians the following joyful paragraph.<\/p>\n 13 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. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Ver. 13. I had no rest, &c.<\/strong> ] Gr. , no relaxation, viz. from my former cares and anxieties about you, because he was not yet returned to tell me how it was with you, 2Co 7:6<\/span> . God’s comforts are either rational, fetched from grounds which faith ministereth; or real, from the presence of comfortable persons or things. <\/p>\n 13.<\/strong> <\/strong> ] perf. in the sense of aorist, as ch. 2Co 1:9<\/span> . I had not rest for my spirit<\/strong> (not, ‘ in<\/em> my spirit:’ compare , Gen 8:9 ). He could not with any tranquillity prosecute the spiritual duties opened to him at Troas.<\/p>\n <\/strong> .] by<\/strong> (reason of) my not finding<\/strong> : see reff.<\/p>\n Paul had sent Titus to Corinth, ch. 2Co 12:18<\/span> , partly to finish the collection for the saints, but principally to bring intelligence respecting the effect of the first Epistle. Probably it had been fixed that they should meet at Troas.<\/p>\n <\/strong> . <\/strong> <\/strong> . <\/strong> <\/strong> implies a relation closer than merely that of Christian brotherhood my colleague<\/em> in the Apostleship.<\/p>\n <\/strong> ] the disciples there: understood from the context.<\/p>\n 2Co 2:13<\/span> . .: I had no relief for my spirit<\/em> . So he says again (2Co 7:5<\/span> ) . We are not to lay much stress on being used here and there (yet cf.<\/em> chap. 2Co 7:1<\/span> ); in the later passage is used of the whole mortal nature of man, which is subject to distress and disappointment; and here is a general term for the “mind” ( cf.<\/em> Rom 1:9<\/span> ; Rom 8:6<\/span> ; Rom 12:11 , 1Co 2:11<\/span> ; 1Co 5:3<\/span> ; 1Co 14:14<\/span> , chap. 2Co 7:1 ; 2Co 7:13<\/span> , etc., for St. Paul’s use of for the human spirit, and see on 2Co 3:6<\/span> below). For the tense of , see on 2Co 1:9<\/span> . . . .: because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them<\/em> ( sc.<\/em> , the disciples at Troas) I went forth into Macedonia<\/em> . is the word used in Act 16:10<\/span> ; Act 20:1<\/span> of “going out” of Asia to Macedonia; cf.<\/em> 2Co 8:17<\/span> .<\/p>\n no = not (Greek. ou). <\/p>\n rest. Greek. anesis. See Act 24:23. <\/p>\n Spirit. App-101. <\/p>\n taking . . . leave. Greek. apotassomai. See Act 18:18. <\/p>\n went from thence = went forth. into. Greek eis. App-104. <\/p>\n 13. ] perf. in the sense of aorist, as ch. 2Co 1:9. I had not rest for my spirit (not, in my spirit: compare , Gen 8:9). He could not with any tranquillity prosecute the spiritual duties opened to him at Troas.<\/p>\n .] by (reason of) my not finding: see reff.<\/p>\n Paul had sent Titus to Corinth, ch. 2Co 12:18, partly to finish the collection for the saints, but principally to bring intelligence respecting the effect of the first Epistle. Probably it had been fixed that they should meet at Troas.<\/p>\n . . implies a relation closer than merely that of Christian brotherhood-my colleague in the Apostleship.<\/p>\n ] the disciples there: understood from the context.<\/p>\n 2Co 2:13. , to Macedonia) where I would be nearer and might be sooner informed [what was the fruit of my former epistle to you.-V. g.]-These topics are continued at 2Co 7:2; 2Co 7:5 : and a most noble digression is here introduced in respect to events, which had in the meantime occurred and sufferings which had been endured by him elsewhere: the benefit of which he makes to flow even towards the Corinthians, whilst he hereby prepares the way for a defence against the false apostles.<\/p>\n 2Co 2:13<\/p>\n 2Co 2:13 <\/p>\n I had no relief for my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother:-He was so disappointed in not finding Titus on his arrival at Troas, and hearing from Corinth, that he could not tarry there contented. [This seems a singular confession, but there is no reason to conclude that it was actuated by any other spirit than the great anxiety he felt for the spiritual welfare of the Corinthian church. The very element in him, in virtue of which he could act for God at all, was already preoccupied, and though the people were there, ready to receive the gospel, it was beyond his power to preach it to them. His spirit was absorbed and possessed by hopes and fears and prayers for the Corinthians; and as the human spirit is finite, and only capable of so much and no more, he was obliged to pass by an opportunity which he would otherwise have gladly seized. He probably felt that it was more important to secure the stability and faithfulness of those who were already disciples than make new ones.]<\/p>\n but taking my leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia.-He hastened on to Macedonia where he met Titus, heard a good report from Corinth; then sent him with another letter back to Corinth to complete the raising of the funds for the poor saints. (2Co 8:6-18). <\/p>\n no rest: 2Co 7:5, 2Co 7:6 <\/p>\n Titus: 2Co 8:6, 2Co 8:16, 2Co 8:23, 2Co 12:18, Gal 2:1, Gal 2:3, 2Ti 4:10, Tit 1:4 <\/p>\n I went: Act 20:1, Act 20:2 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Exo 4:14 – cometh Dan 6:19 – General Joh 13:21 – he was Act 16:10 – immediately Act 19:22 – Macedonia Act 21:6 – taken Phi 2:25 – my brother 1Th 3:1 – when 1Th 3:2 – our brother<\/p>\n 2Co 2:13. I had no relief for my spirit, because I found not Titus my brotheras if this seemed to bode ill news. He had sent him to Corinth (2Co 12:18) with the double purpose of hastening the collection and of bringing him accounts of the effect of his former letter. Before parting they had probably arranged their respective routes, so as to give reasonable hope of their meeting at Troas, and failing this in Macedonia;but taking my leave of themof the converts he found there, and probably others preparing for baptism.<\/p>\n I went forth into Macedoniaand there meeting with Titus (perhaps at Philippi itself), he got from him such tidings as caused him to break forth into the transport expressed in the next verse.<\/p>\n I had no relief for my spirit [worrying about you], because I found not Titus my brother [who had agreed to bring me word about you, and meet me at Troas]: but taking my leave of them [the brethren at Troas], I went forth into Macedonia. [hoping to meet Titus there. For fuller details of Paul’s movements and intentions see the Introduction. The relief which came to him in Macedonia when he met Titus causes him at this point to break forth into an expression of thanksgiving. But as it does not at this time suit his purpose to give a detailed statement of his reason for thankfulness, he curbs his rising emotion and directs his thought in another channel.] <\/p>\n Verse 13 <\/p>\n I had no rest in my spirit. He felt so solicitous to hear from Corinth that he could not continue in his work at Troas, although a favorable opportunity for effort seemed to be open there before him. He accordingly went on into Macedonia, hoping to find Titus there.<\/p>\n 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. 13. I had no rest in my spirit ] i.e. the higher and nobler part of his being, superior to the soul. Cf. 1Co 2:14-15 and notes. 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