I still had no rest in my mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took my leave of them and went on to Macedonia.

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

Therefore we are comforted. And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.

For if I have boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame; but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting before Titus has proved true.

So we urged Titus that as he had previously made a beginning, he would also complete in you this work of grace.

But thanks be to God who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you; and as for our brethren, they are messengers of the churches, a glory to Christ.

I urged Titus to go, and I sent the brother with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he? Did we not act in the same spirit and walk in the same steps?