2nd Corinthians Chapter 8 verse 17 Holy Bible
For he accepted indeed our exhortation; but being himself very earnest, he went forth unto you of his own accord.
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For while he gladly gave ear to our request, he was interested enough to go to you from the impulse of his heart.
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For he received indeed the entreaty, but, being full of zeal, he went of his own accord to you;
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For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.
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For he indeed accepted our exhortation, but being himself very earnest, he went out to you of his own accord.
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because indeed the exhortation he accepted, and being more diligent, of his own accord he went forth unto you,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - The exhortation. My request that he would undertake this task. Being more forward. Because he was more earnestly zealous than I had ever ventured to hope, he went spontaneously. (On the word authairetos, see ver. 3.)
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) For indeed he accepted the exhortation . . .--The words have a two-fold purpose:--(1) To show that Titus was authorised by the Apostle, and acting at his request; (2) that he was so eager to go that he did not even need to be requested. The tense, "he went," is what is known as the epistolary aorist. Titus was to start, probably, as the bearer of this letter.
