1 Timothy 3:14

Christian Standard Bible ®

I write these things to you, hoping to come to you soon.

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible (1995)
I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you before long;

Legacy Standard Bible
I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you soon,

Simplified Cowboy Version
Even though I hope to see you soon, I want you to have all this stuff in writing.

Bible in Basic English
I am writing these things to you, though I am hoping to come to you before long;

Darby Translation
These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee more quickly;

World English Bible
These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee shortly:

Weymouth's New Testament
All this I write to you, though I am hoping before long to come to see you.

King James Version (1611)
These things write I vnto thee, hoping to come vnto thee shortly.

Literal Translation
I write these things to you, hoping to come to you shortly.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
These thinges wryte I vnto the, trustinge shortly to come vnto the:

Mace New Testament (1729)
This I write, tho' I hope to make you a visit in a little time, that in case I am retarded,

THE MESSAGE
I hope to visit you soon, but just in case I'm delayed, I'm writing this letter so you'll know how things ought to go in God's household, this God-alive church, bastion of truth. This Christian life is a great mystery, far exceeding our understanding, but some things are clear enough: He appeared in a human body, was proved right by the invisible Spirit, was seen by angels. He was proclaimed among all kinds of peoples, believed in all over the world, taken up into heavenly glory.

Amplified Bible
I hope to come to you before long, but I am writing these instructions to you

American Standard Version
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;

Revised Standard Version
I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you so that,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
These thinges write I vnto the trustinge to come shortly vnto the:

Update Bible Version
These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;

Webster's Bible Translation
These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee shortly:

Young's Literal Translation
These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee soon,

New Century Version
Although I hope I can come to you soon, I am writing these things to you now.

New English Translation
I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you

Berean Standard Bible
Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these things

Contemporary English Version
I hope to visit you soon. But I am writing these instructions,

Complete Jewish Bible
I hope to visit you soon; but I am writing these things

English Standard Version
I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that,

Geneva Bible (1587)
These things write I vnto thee, trusting to come very shortly vnto thee.

George Lamsa Translation
These things I write to you, although hoping to come to you shortly,

Hebrew Names Version
These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;

International Standard Version
I hope to come to you soon. However, I'm writing this to you

Etheridge Translation
These I write to thee, hoping soon to come to thee;

Murdock Translation
These things I write to thee, while hoping soon to come to thee;

New King James Version
These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly;

New Living Translation
I am writing these things to you now, even though I hope to be with you soon,

New Life Bible
I hope to come to you soon. I am writing these things

English Revised Version
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;

New Revised Standard
I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you so that,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
These things, unto thee, I am writing, hoping to come unto theeshortly, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
These things I write to thee, hoping that I shall come to thee shortly.

King James Version
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:

Lexham English Bible
I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you in a short time.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
These thynges write I vnto thee, hopyng to come shortly vnto thee:

Easy-to-Read Version
I hope I can come to you soon. But I am writing this to you now,

New American Standard Bible
I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you before long;

Good News Translation
As I write this letter to you, I hope to come and see you soon.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sone Timothe, Y write to thee these thingis, hopinge that Y schal come soon to thee;

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ I write these things to you, hoping to come to you soon. ¹⁵ But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to act in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. ¹⁶ And most certainly, the mystery of godliness is great: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

hoping: 1 Timothy 4:13, 1 Corinthians 11:34, 1 Corinthians 16:5-7, 2 Corinthians 1:15-17, 1 Thessalonians 2:18, Philemon 1:22, Hebrews 13:23, 2 John 1:12, 3 John 1:14

Reciprocal: 1 John 2:1 - these Revelation 1:20 - and the

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, ‘You can't eat from any tree in the garden'?"

Genesis 3:15
I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.

Genesis 3:20
Adam named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living.

Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in His image.

Leviticus 20:25
Therefore you must distinguish the clean animal from the unclean one, and the unclean bird from the clean one. Do not become contaminated by any land animal, bird, or whatever crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.

Psalms 72:9
May desert tribes kneel before him and his enemies lick the dust.

Isaiah 29:4
You will be brought down; you will speak from the ground, and your words will come from low in the dust. Your voice will be like that of a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper from the dust.

Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the serpent's food will be dust! They will not do what is evil or destroy on My entire holy mountain," says the Lord .

Micah 7:17
They will lick the dust like a snake; they will come trembling out of their hiding places like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will tremble in the presence of Yahweh our God; they will stand in awe of You.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

These things write I unto thee,.... Concerning the offices of bishops and deacons, their several qualifications, and the rules of judging of persons fit for such service:

hoping to come unto thee shortly; at Ephesus. He could not tell whether he could come or not, and therefore makes no promise, but hoped he should; and since it was uncertain, he thought fit to write the above things for his instruction and use.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly - That is, he hoped to come there to give instructions personally, or to finish, himself, the work which he had commenced in Ephesus, and which had been interrupted by his being driven so unexpectedly away. This verse proves that the apostle Paul did not regard Timothy as the permanent diocesan bishop of Ephesus. Would any Episcopal bishop write this to another bishop? If Timothy were the permanent prelate of Ephesus, would Paul have intimated that he expected soon to come and take the work of completing the arrangements there into his own hands? In regard to his expectation of going soon to Ephesus, see the notes on 1 Timothy 1:3; compare the Introduction to the Epistle.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 14. These things write I — That is: I write only these things; because I hope to come unto thee shortly.