2 Corinthians 12:18 “I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus…”

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?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English Bible

I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn’t we walk in the same spirit? Didn’t we walk in the same steps?

American Standard Version

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?

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue desired Titus, and with him I haue sent a brother: did Titus pill you of any thing? walked we not in the selfe same spirit? walked we not in the same steppes?

Darby Translation

I begged Titus, and sent the brother with [him]: did Titus at all make gain of you? have we not walked in the same spirit? [have we] not in the same steps?

Young's Literal Translation

I entreated Titus, and did send with [him] the brother; did Titus take advantage of you? in the same spirit did we not walk? — did we not in the same steps?

Bible in Basic English

I gave orders to Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus make any profit out of you? were we not guided by the same Spirit, in the same ways?

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Cross references

“Titus”

2 Corinthians 7:2 2 Corinthians 7:6 2 Corinthians 2:12 2 Corinthians 2:13

2 Corinthians 7:2 · BSB

Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.

2 Corinthians 7:6 · BSB

But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

2 Corinthians 2:12 · BSB

Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,

2 Corinthians 2:13 · BSB

I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.

“with”

2 Corinthians 8:6 2 Corinthians 8:18

2 Corinthians 8:6 · BSB

So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.

2 Corinthians 8:18 · BSB

Along with Titus we are sending the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in the gospel.

“walked we not in the same spirit”

2 Corinthians 8:16–23 Philippians 2:19–22

2 Corinthians 8:16–23 · BSB

But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.

Philippians 2:19–22 · BSB

Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I learn how you are doing.

“in the same steps”

Romans 4:12 Numbers 16:15 Nehemiah 5:14 Acts 20:33–35 1 Peter 2:21 1 Samuel 12:3

Romans 4:12 · BSB

And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

Numbers 16:15 · BSB

Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”

Nehemiah 5:14 · BSB

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 the food allotted…

Acts 20:33–35 · BSB

I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

1 Peter 2:21 · BSB

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:

1 Samuel 12:3 · BSB

Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I wi…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17Did I exploit you by anyone I sent you?

19Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.

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