Verse 12
12. Apollos This interesting personage was first found by Paul here at Ephesus, (Acts 18:24-28,) whence he went to Corinth. His success and popularity there could not induce him to stay, and he returned and is found here with Paul again at Ephesus. A faction at Corinth called itself by his name.
Will… not… to come How little these two noble men countenanced the assumption of their names, appears from this passage. Paul, so far from fearing his action or influence at Corinth, beseeches him to visit that city with Titus. Apollos, probably with the same disgust at the factions that drove him thence, for the present declines to go. Jerome says, that when peace was restored he returned to that city, and was made its bishop.
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