¹⁸ And with him we have sent a brother whose praise in the good news has gone through all the churches;

¹⁸ 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?

¹⁷ Only, as the Lord has given to a man, and as is the purpose of God for him, so let him go on living. And these are my orders for all the churches.

⁴ Who for my life put their necks in danger; to whom not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are in debt:

¹² Now when I came to Troas for the good news of Christ, and there was an open door for me in the Lord,

¹⁹ And not only so, but he was marked out by the churches to go with us in the grace of this giving which we have undertaken to the glory of the Lord and to make clear that our mind was ready:

²² And we have sent with them our brother, whose ready spirit has been made clear to us at times and in ways without number, but it is now all the more so because of the certain faith which he has in you.

²³ If any question comes up about Titus, he is my brother-worker, working with me for you; or about the others, they are the representatives of the churches to the glory of Christ.