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.
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2 Corinthians 8:17
17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.