Commendation of Titus

¹⁶ But ^(A)thanks be to God, ^(B)who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you. ¹⁷ For ^(C)he not only accepted our appeal, but being himself very earnest he is going^[a] to you of his own accord. ¹⁸ With him we are sending^{[b] (D)}the brother who is famous among ^(E)all the churches for his preaching of the gospel.

²³ As for Titus, he is ^(A)my partner and fellow worker for your benefit. And as for our brothers, they are messengers^[a] of the churches, the glory of Christ.

² for I know your readiness, ^(A)of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready ^(B)since last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them. ³ But ^(C)I am sending^[a] the brothers so that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this matter, so that you may be ready, ^(D)as I said you would be. ⁴ Otherwise, if some Macedonians ^(E)come with me and find that you are not ready, we would be humiliated—to say nothing of you—for being so confident.

^18 (A)I urged Titus to go, and sent ^(B)the brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not act in the same spirit? Did we not take the same steps?