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He was accompanied[a] by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Beroea, by Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, by Gaius from Derbe, and by Timothy, as well as by Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia.(A)

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  1. 20.4 Other ancient authorities add as far as Asia

29 The city was filled with the confusion, and people[a] rushed together to the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul’s travel companions.(A)

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  1. 19.29 Gk they

20 Erastus remained in Corinth; Trophimus I left ill in Miletus.

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Personal Matters and Benediction

21 So that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus will tell you everything. He is a dear brother and a faithful minister in the Lord.(A)

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Final Messages and Benediction

12 When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.(A)

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12 I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus.

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Final Greetings and Benediction

Tychicus will tell you all the news about me; he is a beloved brother, a faithful minister, and a fellow servant in the Lord.(A)

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29 For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.(A)

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Timothy Joins Paul and Silas

16 Paul[a] went on also to Derbe and to Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.(A)

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  1. 16.1 Gk He

the apostles[a] learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region,(A)

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  1. 14.6 Gk they

10 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas, concerning whom you have received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him.(A)

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Salutation

The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.

Gaius Commended for His Hospitality

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul. For I was overjoyed when some brothers and sisters arrived and testified to your faithfulness to the truth, how you walk in the truth.(A) I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth.(B)

Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brothers and sisters, even though they are strangers to you;(C) they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on in a manner worthy of God,(D) for they began their journey for the sake of Christ,[a] accepting no support from nonbelievers.[b](E) Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we may become coworkers with the truth.

Diotrephes and Demetrius

I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not welcome us. 10 So if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing in spreading false charges against us. And not content with those charges, he refuses to welcome the brothers and sisters and even prevents those who want to do so and expels them from the church.(F)

11 Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but imitate what is good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.(G) 12 Everyone has testified favorably about Demetrius, and so has the truth[c] itself. We also testify for him,[d] and you know that our testimony is true.(H)

Final Greetings

13 I have much to write to you, but I would rather not write to you with pen and ink;(I) 14 instead, I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face.

15 Peace to you. The friends send you their greetings. Greet the friends there, each by name.(J)

Footnotes

  1. 7 Gk for the sake of the name
  2. 7 Gk the gentiles
  3. 12 Other ancient authorities read church or church and truth
  4. 12 Gk lacks for him

24 and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my coworkers.(A)

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To Timothy, my beloved child:

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Salutation

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,(A)

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Timothy and Epaphroditus

19 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I, too, may be consoled by news of you.

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23 As for Titus, he is my partner and coworker in your service; as for our brothers, they are messengers[a] of the churches, the glory of Christ.(A) 24 Therefore openly before the churches, show them the proof of your love and of our reason for boasting about you to them.(B)

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  1. 8.23 Gk apostles

19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not “Yes and No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.”(A)

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Salutation

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

To the church of God that is in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:(A)

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23 Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus greet you.[a](A)

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  1. 16.23 Other ancient authorities add verse 24, The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you. Amen.

21 Timothy, my coworker, greets you; so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my fellow Israelites.(A)

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Embarking on a ship of Adramyttium that was about to set sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, we put to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.(A)

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Paul and Silas in Beroea

10 That very night the brothers and sisters sent Paul and Silas off to Beroea, and when they arrived they went to the Jewish synagogue.(A) 11 These Jews were more receptive than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the message very eagerly and examined the scriptures every day to see whether these things were so.(B) 12 Many of them therefore believed, including not a few Greek women and men of high standing.

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The Uproar in Thessalonica

17 After Paul and Silas[a] had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.(A)

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  1. 17.1 Gk they

20 But when the disciples surrounded him, he got up and went into the city. The next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.(A)

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