This Epistle St. Paul sent to Corinth by Titus, remaining himself a little longer in Macedonia. "And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, and there abode three months." We are told nothing of what St Paul did during these three months, but no doubt he visited Corinth amongst other places; and we are quite sure that wherever he went he was doing the work of the Lord. It seems that St Paul proposed to go by sea from Achaia to Syria; but the Jews, who were as usual greatly vexed at the success of his preaching, laid some plot to take or kill him, at the port from which he must sail. Hearing in some way of this plot, St. Paul "purposed," or determined, to return through Macedonia, and so disappoint the malice of his enemies. Accordingly he went into Macedonia, where he was joined by several of the brethren from different cities in that province. And they "accompanied him into Asia," together with some others who had come with him from that country. St. Paul appears to have merely passed through Macedonia at this time, sending most of his company on before, for St. Luke says of them, "These going before tarried for us at Troas,"--that is, they crossed over into Asia, and waited at Troas until the Apostle should join them there. St. Luke and one or two others stayed with St. Paul, and we read, "And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days." Whilst St. Paul was on his way through Macedonia at this time, he wrote a long letter, called "The Epistle to the Romans," about the year 58 (A.D.). In our Bibles, this Epistle stands first of all; but the Epistles are not _chronologically_ arranged; that is, they are not arranged according to the order in which they were written. If they had been chronologically arranged, "The Epistle to the Galatians," written A.D. 51, would have stood first; then "The First Epistle to the Thessalonians," also written A.D. 51; and next, "The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians," A.D. 52; and that to "Titus," A.D. 53. After these, the next in order would have been, "The First Epistle to the Corinthians," A.D. 57, and "The First Epistle to Timothy," in the same year; and "The Second Epistle to the Corinthians," A.D. 58, just before St. Paul wrote that of which we are speaking, to "The Romans."