2 Corinzi 12:18

18 Ho pregato Tito di venire da voi, e ho mandato quell’altro fratello con lui. Tito si è forse approfittato di voi? Non abbiam noi camminato col medesimo spirito e seguito le medesime orme?

2 Corinzi 12:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:18

I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother
The apostle proceeds to mention one or two persons that he had sent unto them, and desires to know whether they could charge them with any such practices. He had desired, exhorted, and encouraged Titus to go unto them, and collect money from them; but not for either of themselves, but for the poor saints at Jerusalem; and he sent another brother along with him, who is by some supposed to be Luke, to be a companion of him, and an assistant to him; and who was a witness of what he did, and for what purpose he was sent, and how he behaved:

did Titus make a gain of you?
did he greedily desire your substance? did he show an avaricious temper, or a covetous inclination after your money? did he by any methods extort it from you? say if Titus, or the brother with him, received anything from you, either on their own, or my account?

walked we not in the same Spirit?
in the same Spirit of God, being directed and influenced by him; or in the same disposition of mind, being agreed and determined to preach the Gospel freely, and receive nothing for it:

walked we not in the same steps?
took the same methods, lived the same course of life, working with their own hands to supply their wants, rather than be burdensome to others: the apostle suggests, that where are the same Spirit, temper, disposition, and principles, there will be the same works and actions; and as for covetousness, it is neither agreeable to the Spirit of God, nor to the spirit of a Christian.

2 Corinzi 12:18 In-Context

16 Ma sia pure così, ch’io non vi sia stato d’aggravio; ma, forse, da uomo astuto, v’ho presi con inganno.

17 Mi son io approfittato di voi per mezzo di qualcuno di quelli ch’io v’ho mandato?

18 Ho pregato Tito di venire da voi, e ho mandato quell’altro fratello con lui. Tito si è forse approfittato di voi? Non abbiam noi camminato col medesimo spirito e seguito le medesime orme?

19 Da tempo voi v’immaginate che noi ci difendiamo dinanzi a voi. Egli è nel cospetto di Dio, in Cristo, che noi parliamo; e tutto questo, diletti, per la vostra edificazione.

20 Poiché io temo, quando verrò, di trovarvi non quali vorrei, e d’essere io stesso da voi trovato quale non mi vorreste; temo che vi siano tra voi contese, gelosie, ire, rivalità, maldicenze, insinuazioni, superbie, tumulti;