not Titus my brother ; but taking my leave of them, 1 went from thence into Macedonia.
Furthermore^ when I came ; literally, Bat having come. The particle 8e [hut) serves to resume the connection broken by the digression, vs. 5-11. In v. 4 he said he had written liis former letter in great anguish and distress of heart, to manifest his love for them. And as a still further jDroof of the deep interest ^\ hich he took in their welflire, he refers to the incident mentioned in tliese verses. In execution of his plan of going from Ephesus through Macedonia to Corinth, 1 Cor, 16, 5, Paul came to Troas^ literally, to the Troad (eis Tr)v TpwaSa), a name given to the whole district around the site of ancient Troy. The city itself was on the coast of Mysia oppo- site to the island of Tenedos. It had been made a Roman colony by Augustus, and was a place of considerable impor- tance, in constant commercial intercourse with the cities of Macedonia and Greece. Paul did not intend to make a rapid journey to Corinth, but a regular missionary tour ; he there- lore says he came to Troas to preach Ghrlsfs gospel., i. e. the gospel of which Christ is the author. It is also called the gospel of God, and Paul speaks of it as his gospel, i. e. the gospel Avhich he preached. When spoken of as the gospel of the kingdom of God., Matt. 4, 23, the gospel of salvation^ Eph. 1, 13, of peace., Eph. 6, 15, the genitive expresses either the subject of w^iich the gospel treats or the eifects which it produces. And a door icas opened to me., i. e. a way of ac- cess, an opening to labour with eifect. Of the Lord., accord- ing to this interpretation the words, eV Kvptw, are to be connect- ed with the immediately preceding participle, " door opened by the Lord." See 1 Cor. 15, 58. "Gal. 5, 10. Eph. 2, 21. It is, however, more in accordance with Paul's style, who so frequently uses these words in such expressions as ' Avork in the Lord,' ' temple in the Lord,' ' fellow-labourer in the Lord,' to refer them to the whole clause. "There was an open door in the Lord." The kind of door is thus indicated, or the sphere of labour pointed out. It was an oj^portunity for la- bouring successfully in the Lord's service. Though the pros- pects were so favourable, Paul says, I had no rest in my spirit f Tw TTvcvfxaTi fjLov^ for iny spirit. The word spirit is liere used because it is the highest term to designate the soul, Rom. 8, 16, and the anxiety or distress which the apostle ex- perienced concerned the highest feelings of his nature. jBe-