2 Corinthians 12:18 BSB

2 Corinthians 12:18

I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in any way? Did we not walk in the same Spirit and follow in the same footsteps?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?

KJV

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?

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Commentary

2 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on 2 Corinthians (1107)

A rebuke is contained in these words as well. He does not say: I sent, but: I urged, showing that even if Titus took anything, he took it by right, because he came at the request; but he nevertheless remained blameless. Together with him he …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

If it should be objected by any that though he did not himself burden them, yet, being crafty, he caught them with guile, that is, he sent those among them who pillaged them, and afterwards he shared with them in the profit: "This was not so," says the apostle;

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I desired Titus - I never sent any to you but Titus and another brother; 2Co 8:6, 2Co 8:18. And did Titus make a gain of you? Did he get any thing from you, either for himself or for me? You know he did not. He was actuated by the same spirit, and he walked in the same steps.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
παρεκάλεσα	parekalesa	I urged	G3870 →
Τίτον	Titon	Titus [to go]	G5103 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
συναπέστειλα	sunapesteila	sent with [him]	G4882 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ἀδελφόν·	adelphon	brother;	G80 →
μήτι	mēti	surely not ever	G3385 →
ἐπλεονέκτησεν	epleonektēsen	did exploit	G4122 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
Τίτος;	Titos	Titus?	G5103 →
οὐ	ou	Surely	G3756 →
τῷ	tō	in the	G3588 →
αὐτῷ	autō	same	G846 →
πνεύματι	pneumati	spirit	G4151 →
περιεπατήσαμεν;	periepatēsamen	did we walk?	G4043 →
οὐ	ou	Not	G3756 →
τοῖς	tois	in the	G3588 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	same	G846 →
ἴχνεσιν;¶	ichnesin	steps?	G2487 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 7:6
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17
  Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
- 2 Corinthians 1:3–4
  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
- 3 John 1:2–4
  Beloved, I pray that in every way you may prosper and enjoy good health, as your soul also prospers.
- 2 Corinthians 7:13
  On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.
- Jeremiah 31:13
  Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
Through
2 Corinthians 8:6
So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 8:16–17
  But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.
- 2 Corinthians 8:19
  More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the offering—the gracious gift we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.
Through
Nehemiah 5:14
Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate…
leads to
- Nehemiah 13:6
  While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the…