Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, (A)Aristarchus and Secundus; and (B)Gaius of Derbe, and (C)Timothy; and the Asians, (D)Tychicus and (E)Trophimus.

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29 So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and (A)Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's (B)companions in travel.

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20 Erastus remained at Corinth, and I left (A)Trophimus, who was ill, at Miletus.

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Final Greetings

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

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Final Instructions and Greetings

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

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Final Greetings

Tychicus will tell you (A)all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant[a] in the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 4:7 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word sundoulos, see Preface

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

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Timothy Joins Paul and Silas

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

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 16:1 Greek He

they learned of it and (A)fled to (B)Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country,

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10 (A)Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark (B)the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions—(C)if he comes to you, welcome him),

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Greeting

(A)The elder to the beloved Gaius, (B)whom I love in truth.

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. For (C)I rejoiced greatly when the brothers[a] came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that (D)my children are walking in the truth.

Support and Opposition

Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for (E)these brothers, (F)strangers as they are, who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner (G)worthy of God. For they have gone out for the sake of (H)the name, (I)accepting nothing from the Gentiles. Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. 10 So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.

11 Beloved, (J)do not imitate evil but imitate good. (K)Whoever does good is from God; (L)whoever does evil has not seen God. 12 Demetrius (M)has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and (N)you know that our testimony is true.

Final Greetings

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

15 Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, (P)each by name.

Footnotes

  1. 3 John 1:3 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verses 5, 10

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