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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
A rebuke is contained in these words as well. He does not say: I sent, but: I urged, showing that even if Titus took anything, he took it by right, because he came at the request; but he nevertheless remained blameless. Together with him he also sent a certain other brother. That is, was it not by the same spiritual gift? He calls the disinterestedness amid straitened circumstances a gift, and though it was his own doing, he ascribes it to God. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
He excludes their suspicion in particular when he says: I urged Titus to go, and sent the brother with him. As if to say: none of those whom I sent to you overreached you. For I sent Titus to you with entreaties. And this is what he says: I urged Titus to go, and sent the brother with him, namely, Barnabas or Luke: "With him," namely Titus, "we are sending the brother," namely one of those mentioned, "who is famous among all the churches for his preaching of the gospel" (2 Cor. 8:18). But did Titus take advantage of you? …
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