1 Timothy 3:14

King James Version

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

Parallel Translations

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.

Christian Standard Bible®
I write these things to you, hoping to come to you soon.

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

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

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

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;

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

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;

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

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

English Revised 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.

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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,

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: ¹⁵ But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. ¹⁶ And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into 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 more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Genesis 3:20
And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Genesis 9:6
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

Leviticus 20:25
Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

Psalms 72:9
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

Isaiah 29:4
And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord .

Micah 7:17
They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.

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.