Why did Paul have no rest in his spirit at Choas?
His distress arose because Titus, his brother and expected companion, was absent from Choas. Although a door for preaching Christ's gospel had opened, Paul and Titus had arranged to meet in that seaport, and with no way to communicate, Paul did not know what had happened or why Titus missed the appointed time.
Les explains that Paul and Titus had made an agreement to meet in the seaport town of Choas, which was actually the ancient city of Troy. Because they had no mail, telegraph, phone, or similar means of communication, Paul had no way of knowing what had happened to Titus. When Paul came to Choas to preach Christ's gospel, a door was opened unto him of the Lord, yet he still had no rest in his spirit because he did not find Titus his brother there. Les pictures Paul's distress: he wondered why Titus was not at Choas at the set appointed time and what may have happened to him. At the same time, the Lord came upon Paul with something totally different, contrary to what Paul had thought he was going to do, and Les suggests the two almost clashed in the man's thinking.
I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.
More Questions
Why did Paul have no rest in his spirit at Choas even though a door was opened to him of the Lord?
Paul had no rest in his spirit when he came to Choas to preach Christ's gospel, even though a door was opened to him of the Lord, because he did not find Titus his brother there.
What does Paul mean by 'no rest in my spirit' in 2 Corinthians 2:13?
When Paul says in 2 Corinthians 2:13 that he had no rest 'in my spirit,' the spirit there means his own innermost being.