2 Timothy 4:9

Make every effort to come to me soon, Doe thy diligence to come shortly vnto me: Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: Do your best to come to me soon. Make every effort to come to me soon; Do your best to come to me as soon as you can, Make every effort to come to me soon; Be diligent to come to me soon, Make every effort to come to me quickly, Come to see me as soon as you can. Do your best to come to me soon. Use diligence to come to me quickly; Do your best to come to me as soon as you can. Make speede to come vnto me at once: Make every effort to come to me soon: Do your best to come to me soon. Make haste to come to me quickly. Make haste to come to me shortly. Make every effort to come to me soon; Give diligence to come shortly unto me: Do your best to come to me before long: Be diligent to come to me soon, Do your best to come to me soon. BE careful to come to me speedily; Exert thyself to come to me quickly. Do thy diligence to come shortly vnto me. Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: Be diligent to come to me soon, Do thy diligence to come to me shortly. Make an effort to come to me speedily. Hyye thou to come to me soone. For Demas, louynge this world, hath forsakun me, and wente to Tessalonyk, Be diligent to come shortly to me: Do thy diligence to come shortly to me: Make every effort to come to me soon. Be diligent to come to me quickly; Timothy, please come as soon as you can. Come to me here as soon as you can. Do your best to come to me soon, Give diligence to come unto me speedily, For Demas hath left me, loving this world, and is gone to Thessalonica: Do your best to come to me soon. Make spede to come vnto me at once. Be diligent to come unto me quickly, Be diligent to come to me quickly, Make spede to come vnto me atonce. Endeavour to come to me very soon: Get here as fast as you can. Demas, chasing fads, went off to Thessalonica and left me here. Crescens is in Galatia province, Titus in Dalmatia. Luke is the only one here with me. Bring Mark with you; he'll be my right-hand man since I'm sending Tychicus to Ephesus. Bring the winter coat I left in Troas with Carpus; also the books and parchment notebooks. Strike a long trot and try to get here quickly.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Make every effort to come to me soon,

King James Version (1611)
Doe thy diligence to come shortly vnto me:

King James Version
Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:

English Standard Version
Do your best to come to me soon.

New American Standard Bible
Make every effort to come to me soon;

New Century Version
Do your best to come to me as soon as you can,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Make every effort to come to me soon;

Legacy Standard Bible
Be diligent to come to me soon,

Berean Standard Bible
Make every effort to come to me quickly,

Contemporary English Version
Come to see me as soon as you can.

Complete Jewish Bible
Do your best to come to me soon.

Darby Translation
Use diligence to come to me quickly;

Easy-to-Read Version
Do your best to come to me as soon as you can.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Make speede to come vnto me at once:

George Lamsa Translation
Make every effort to come to me soon:

Good News Translation
Do your best to come to me soon.

Lexham English Bible
Make haste to come to me quickly.

Literal Translation
Make haste to come to me shortly.

Amplified Bible
Make every effort to come to me soon;

American Standard Version
Give diligence to come shortly unto me:

Bible in Basic English
Do your best to come to me before long:

Hebrew Names Version
Be diligent to come to me soon,

International Standard Version
Do your best to come to me soon.

Etheridge Translation
BE careful to come to me speedily;

Murdock Translation
Exert thyself to come to me quickly.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Do thy diligence to come shortly vnto me.

English Revised Version
Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:

World English Bible
Be diligent to come to me soon,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Do thy diligence to come to me shortly.

Weymouth's New Testament
Make an effort to come to me speedily.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Hyye thou to come to me soone. For Demas, louynge this world, hath forsakun me, and wente to Tessalonyk,

Update Bible Version
Be diligent to come shortly to me:

Webster's Bible Translation
Do thy diligence to come shortly to me:

New English Translation
Make every effort to come to me soon.

New King James Version
Be diligent to come to me quickly;

New Living Translation
Timothy, please come as soon as you can.

New Life Bible
Come to me here as soon as you can.

New Revised Standard
Do your best to come to me soon,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Give diligence to come unto me speedily,

Douay-Rheims Bible
For Demas hath left me, loving this world, and is gone to Thessalonica:

Revised Standard Version
Do your best to come to me soon.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Make spede to come vnto me at once.

Young's Literal Translation
Be diligent to come unto me quickly,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Make spede to come vnto me atonce.

Mace New Testament (1729)
Endeavour to come to me very soon:

THE MESSAGE
Get here as fast as you can. Demas, chasing fads, went off to Thessalonica and left me here. Crescens is in Galatia province, Titus in Dalmatia. Luke is the only one here with me. Bring Mark with you; he'll be my right-hand man since I'm sending Tychicus to Ephesus. Bring the winter coat I left in Troas with Carpus; also the books and parchment notebooks.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Strike a long trot and try to get here quickly.

Contextual Overview

⁹Make every effort to come to me soon, ⁹ Doe thy diligence to come shortly vnto me: ⁹ Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: ⁹ Do your best to come to me soon. ⁹ Make every effort to come to me soon;⁹ Do your best to come to me as soon as you can, ⁹ Make every effort to come to me soon;⁹Be diligent to come to me soon, ⁹Make every effort to come to me quickly,⁹ Come to see me as soon as you can.

Bible Verse Review
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2 Timothy 4:21, 2 Timothy 1:4

Reciprocal: Titus 3:12 - be

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
Hevel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of the fat of it. The LORD respected Hevel and his offering,

Genesis 4:4
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

Genesis 4:4
and Abel also brought an offering from the choicest firstlings of his flock. And Yahweh looked with favor to Abel and to his offering,

Genesis 4:4
Abel brought the best parts from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift,

Genesis 4:4
But Abel brought some of the firstborn of his flock—even the fattest of them. And the Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,

Genesis 4:4
But Abel brought [an offering of] the [finest] firstborn of his flock and the fat portions. And the LORD had respect (regard) for Abel and for his offering;

Genesis 4:4
Abel, on his part also brought an offering, from the firstborn of his flock and from their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering;

Genesis 4:4
And Habel also him selfe brought of the first fruites of his sheepe, and of the fat of them, and the Lorde had respect vnto Habel, and to his offering,

Genesis 4:4
Abel, on his part, also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And Yahweh had regard for Abel and for his offering;

Genesis 4:4
and Abel also gave an offering to the Lord . He killed the first-born lamb from one of his sheep and gave the Lord the best parts of it. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me. From Ephesus, where Timothy was, to Rome, where the apostle was; and this request did not arise purely from a desire of seeing Timothy, as in 2 Timothy 1:4 but rather because he had some things to say to him, relating to the care of the churches and the good of the interest of Christ, which he chose not to write with ink and paper; and he desires the rather that he would use diligence, and hasten his coming to him; partly because winter was coming on, when travelling would not be so safe and comfortable, 2 Timothy 4:21 and partly because the time of his death was at hand, 2 Timothy 4:7 and also because he was almost alone.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me - As soon as possible. Timothy had been Paul’s traveling companion, and was his intimate friend. The apostle was now nearly forsaken, and was about to pass through severe trials. It is not certainly known for what purpose he wished him to come to him, but perhaps he desired to give him some parting counsels; perhaps he wished him to be near him when he died. It is evident from this that he did not regard him as the prelatical “bishop of the church of the Ephesians,” or consider that he was so confined to that place in his labors, that he was not also to go to other places if he was called in the providence of God. It is probable that Timothy would obey such a summons, and there is no reason to believe that he ever returned to Ephseus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 9. Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me — He appears to have wished Timothy to be present at his death, that he might have his faith confirmed by seeing how a Christian could die; and, as he had but a short time to live, he begs Timothy to hasten his visit, and particularly so as he had scarcely now any companions.