2 Timothy 4:11

King James Version

Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Luke is the only one still with me. Get Mark and bring him with you when you come. He can help me in my work here.

Revised Standard Version
Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you; for he is very useful in serving me.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Only Lucas is with me. Take Marke and bringe him with the for he is necessary vnto me forto minister.

Hebrew Names Version
Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministering.

New American Standard Bible
Only Luke is with me. Take along Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.

New Century Version
Luke is the only one still with me. Get Mark and bring him with you when you come, because he can help me in my work here.

Update Bible Version
Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you; for he is useful to me in [my] service.

Webster's Bible Translation
Luke only is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.

English Standard Version
Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry.

World English Bible
Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministering.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Only Luke is with me. Take Mark and bring him with thee, for he is profitable to me for service.

Weymouth's New Testament
Luke is the only friend I now have with me. Call for Mark on your way and bring him with you, for he is a great help to me in my ministry.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Luk aloone is with me. Take thou Mark, and brynge with thee; for he is profitable to me in to seruyce.

English Revised Version
Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is useful to me for ministering.

Berean Standard Bible
Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is useful to me in the ministry.

Contemporary English Version
Only Luke has stayed with me. Mark can be very helpful to me, so please find him and bring him with you.

Amplified Bible
Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very helpful to me for the ministry.

American Standard Version
Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is useful to me for ministering.

Bible in Basic English
Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and take him with you; for he is of use to me in the work.

Complete Jewish Bible
only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you, because he is a very useful helper in my work.

Darby Translation
Luke alone is with me. Take Mark, and bring [him] with thyself, for he is serviceable to me for ministry.

International Standard Version
Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful in my ministry.Acts 12:25; 15:37; Colossians 4:10,14; 2 Timothy 1:15;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Luka only is with me. Take Markos and bring him with thee; for helpful to me is he in the ministry.

Murdock Translation
Luke only is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is suitable for me, for ministration.

King James Version (1611)
Onely Luke is with me. Take Marke and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministerie.

New Living Translation
Only Luke is with me. Bring Mark with you when you come, for he will be helpful to me in my ministry.

New Life Bible
Luke is the only one with me here. Bring Mark when you come. He is a help to me in this work.

New Revised Standard
Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful in my ministry.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Onely Luke is with me. Take Marke and bring him with thee: for he is profitable vnto me to minister.

George Lamsa Translation
Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you: for he is suitable to me for the ministry.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Luke, alone is with me. Receiving, Mark, back, bring him with thyself, for he is very useful to me for ministering;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Only Luke is with me. Take Mark and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Only Luke is with me. Takyng Marke and bryng him with thee, for he is profitable vnto me for ye ministration.

Good News Translation
Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he can help me in the work.

Christian Standard Bible®
Only Luke is with me. Bring Mark with you, for he is useful to me in the ministry.

Lexham English Bible
Luke alone is with me. Take along Mark and bring him with you, because he is useful to me for ministry.

Literal Translation
Only Luke is with me. Taking Mark, bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry.

Young's Literal Translation
Lukas only is with me; Markus having taken, bring with thyself, for he is profitable to me for ministration;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Onely Lucas is with me. Take Marke, & brynge him with the: for he is profitable vnto me to the mynistracion.

Mace New Testament (1729)
only Luke is with me. take Mark and bring him with you; because he will be useful to me in the ministry.

New English Translation
Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is a great help to me in ministry.

New King James Version
Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Luke is here though. He hasn't given up. Find Mark and bring him with you. I have some things I need to tell him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Only Luke is with me. Pick up Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.

Legacy Standard Bible
Only Luke is with me. Pick up Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.

Contextual Overview

⁹ Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: ¹⁰ For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. ¹¹ Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry. ¹² And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. ¹³ The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments. ¹⁴ Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: ¹⁵ Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Only: 2 Timothy 1:15

Luke: Acts 16:10, Colossians 4:14, Philemon 1:24

Mark: Acts 12:12, Acts 12:25, Acts 15:39, Colossians 4:10, 1 Peter 5:13, Hosea 14:4

for: Matthew 19:30, Matthew 20:16, Luke 13:30

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 19:21 - ministered Jonah 3:3 - arose Acts 13:2 - they Acts 13:5 - their Acts 13:13 - John Acts 15:37 - John Acts 17:15 - receiving Ephesians 4:12 - the work Philemon 1:11 - profitable

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Genesis 4:14
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

Genesis 4:15
And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

Genesis 4:16
And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord , and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

Genesis 4:19
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Genesis 4:20
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

Genesis 4:21
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

Genesis 4:26
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord .

Job 16:18
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

Isaiah 26:21
For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Only Luke is with me,.... The beloved physician, who wrote the Gospel that bears his name, and "the Acts of the Apostles", and was a constant companion of Paul's in his travels and sufferings:

take Mark, and bring him with thee; who might be at Ephesus, or somewhere in Timothy's way as he came to Rome. This seems to be the same with John Mark of Jerusalem, the son of Mary, the sister of Barnabas, and who was with Paul and Barnabas in their travels, and who parted from them at Pamphylia; on whose account, and for that reason, there was so great a difference between Paul and Barnabas, as to separate upon it; but now the apostle had entertained a better opinion of him, and was reconciled unto him, and was very desirous of his company and assistance; and which he had, Colossians 4:10.

For he is profitable to me for the ministry; that is, of the Gospel, to assist in preaching it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Only Luke is with me - Luke, the author of the gospel which bears his name, and of the Acts of the Apostles. For a considerable part of the ministry of Paul, he was his traveling companion (compare the notes on Acts 16:10), and we know that he went with him to Rome; Acts 27:1.

Take Mark - John Mark, see the notes at Acts 15:37. He was the son of a sister of Barnabas, and had been the traveling companion of Barnabas and Paul. There had been a temporary alienation between Paul and him Acts 15:38; but this passage proves that that had been removed, and that Paul was reconciled to him.

For he is profitable to me for the ministry - In what way he would be profitable, he does not say; nor is it known why Mark was at that time with Timothy. It may be observed, however, that this is such language as Paul might be expected to use of Mark, after what had occurred, as recorded in Acts 15:38. He felt that he was now about to die. If he suspected that there was on the part of Mark any lingering apprehension that the great apostle was not entirely reconciled to him, or retained a recollection of what had formerly occurred, nothing would be more natural than that, at this trying time of his life, Paul should summon him to his side, and express toward him the kindest emotions. It would soothe any lingering irritation in the mind of Mark, to receive such a message.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 11. Only Luke is with me. — This was Luke the evangelist, and writer of the Acts of the Apostles, who was always much attached to St. Paul, and it is supposed continued with him even to his martyrdom.

Take Mark, and bring him with thee — This was John Mark, the sister's son of Barnabas, who, after having wavered a little at first, became a steady, zealous, and useful man; his name and conduct have been often before the reader. See the parallel passages.

For he is profitable to me for the ministry. — εις διακονιαν. For service; that is, he would be very useful to the apostle, to minister to him in his present close confinement. Some think that the apostle means his preaching the Gospel; but at this time, I should suppose, there was very little, if any, public preaching at Rome.