2 Corinthians 2:13

I had no rest in my spirit i.e. the higher and nobler part of his being, superior to the soul. Cf. 1 Corinthians 2:14-15 and notes. Also 1 Corinthians 15:44-46.

because I found not Titus my brother Titus (see ch. 2 Corinthians 8:6; 2 Corinthians 12:18) had been sent by the Apostle to superintend the -collection for the saints" at Corinth (1 Corinthians 16:1). He was most probably the bearer of the former Epistle, and was anxiously expected by the Apostle (ch. 2 Corinthians 7:6) 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. 2 Corinthians 8:16), 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. 2 Corinthians 8:18) 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. 2 Corinthians 7:13; 2 Corinthians 7:15; 2 Corinthians 8:16-17) 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 2 Timothy 4:10, when he is said to have -departed to Dalmatia," doubtless on a mission. For the Apostle's feelings on this occasion (ch. 2 Corinthians 7:5-13) compare a similar anxiety displayed at an earlier period of his Apostolic career in 1 Thessalonians 3:2; 1 Thessalonians 3:5-9.

I went from thence into Macedonia Cf. Acts 20:1.