Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ.
Ver. 23. Messengers] Gr. apostles, emandati, ambassadors of special and high employment.
The glory of Christ] So the Church is called "the glory," Isaiah 4:5; God's glory,Isaiah 46:13; a crown of glory, and a royal diadem in the hand of Jehovah,Isaiah 62:3; the throne of God,Exodus 17:16; margin; the throne of glory,Jeremiah 14:21; the ornament of God, yea, the beauty of his ornament, set in majesty,Ezekiel 7:20. There is not so much of the glory of God (saith one) in all his works of creation and providence, as in one gracious action that a Christian performs.