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**Verse 1**
*And Timothy.* It would seem, from the circumstance that the name of Timothy is here associated with that of Paul, that he did not go to Corinth, as Paul had intended, ([1 Corinthians 4:17](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/4/17),[1 Corinthians 4:18](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/4/18),) but that he went only to Macedonia, and remained there until Paul joined him. In fact, Paul intimates a doubt whether he would actually reach Corinth, in his allusion to the subject in [1 Corinthians 16:10](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/16/10). His primary destination was Macedonia, as is stated in the account in the Acts. ([Acts 19:21](../../../kjv/acts/19/21),[Acts 19:22](../../../kjv/acts/19/22).)--*Achaia;* the province of which Corinth was the capital.

**Verse 4**
*Our tribulation.* Paul, and probably Timothy with him, had been exposed to great danger at Ephesus, ([Acts 19:23-41](../../../kjv/acts/19/23-41);) and his mind appears to have been oppressed at this time with much anxiety and dejection. (Compare [2 Corinthians 1:8](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/1/8),[2 Corinthians 2:13](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/2/13).)

**Verse 8**
*Asia;* that province of Asia Minor of which Ephesus was the capital. See [1 Peter 1:1](../../../kjv/1-peter/1/1), where it is enumerated with the other provinces.--*Pressed,* by the violent hostility of enemies.

**Verse 9**
*Sentence of death in ourselves;* a strong presentiment that we should not escape death.

**Verse 12**
*Fleshly wisdom;* human wisdom.--*Had our conversation;* regulated our conduct.--*More abundantly,* more especially.

**Verse 13**
*Read or acknowledge;* know or acknowledge. The word *read* would seem to be used, in this connection, in a sense analogous to that in which the word *hear* is often employed; as in [John 8:43](../../../kjv/john/8/43).

**Verse 14**
*In part;* in some degree.--*Are--ours;* are to be ours. The apostle expresses a similar sentiment, in another of his Epistles. ([1 Thessalonians 2:19](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/2/19).)

**Verse 15**
*In this confidence;* namely, his confidence in their regard and attachment to him.--*I was minded to come;* I had intended to come.--*A second* *benefit.* He had already once visited Corinth, when he first planted the gospel there.

**Verse 17**
*Did I use lightness?* was it through lightness or fickleness of mind that I did not carry this design into effect?--*According to the flesh;* insincerely and dishonestly, as men often do.--*Yea, yea, and nay, nay;* one thing in promise and profession, and another in secret design.

**Verse 19**
*Silvanus;* Silas, who is often mentioned in the Acts as Paul's companion in labor and suffering.

**Verse 20**
*In him;* in Christ.--*Are yea,* are faithful and true.

**Verse 21**
*Anointed us;* consecrated us to his service; anointing having been, in ancient times, a ceremony of consecration.

**Verse 22**
*The earnest of the Spirit;* the influences of the Spirit, as the earnest and pledge of the faithful fulfilment of the divine covenant.

**Verse 23**
*To spare you,* &c. The idea seems to be, that his reason for not going to them, as he had intended, was to spare them the pain of a personal interview under the peculiar circumstances of the case.

**Verse 24**
The meaning is, that he disavows, on the part of himself and Timothy, all authority to exercise spiritual dominion over them; their province was only to aid and guide them in their efforts to attain eternal life.

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