Personal Instructions

(A)Do your best to come to me soon. 10 For (B)Demas, (C)in love with (D)this present world, (E)has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia,[a] (F)Titus to Dalmatia. 11 (G)Luke alone is with me. Get (H)Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry. 12 (I)Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus. 13 When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 4:10 Some manuscripts Gaul

Final Instructions to Timothy

Make haste to come to me quickly. 10 For Demas deserted me, because he[a] loved the present age, and went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia; Titus went to Dalmatia. 11 Luke alone is with me. Take along Mark and[b] bring him with you, because he is useful to me for ministry. 12 But I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. 13 When you[c] come, bring the cloak that I left behind in Troas with Carpus, and the scrolls, especially the parchments.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 4:10 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“loved”) which is understood as causal
  2. 2 Timothy 4:11 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“take along”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. 2 Timothy 4:13 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“come”) which is understood as temporal