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Monday, November 25th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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King James Version

2 Timothy 4:9

Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Companionship;   Desire;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Paul;   Timothy;   Timothy, letters to;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Episcopacy;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Timothy, the First Epistle to;   Timothy, the Second Epistle to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Timothy;   2 Timothy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ephesus;   Jude, Epistle of;   Paul the Apostle;   Timothy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Ephesus ;   Lion;   Miletus ;   Paul;   Timothy;   Timothy and Titus Epistles to;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Tim'othy;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Pastoral Epistles, the;   Paul, the Apostle;   Timothy;   Tychicus;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Bishop;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for May 14;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Do your best to come to me as soon as you can.
Revised Standard Version
Do your best to come to me soon.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Make spede to come vnto me at once.
Hebrew Names Version
Be diligent 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,
Update Bible Version
Be diligent to come shortly to me:
Webster's Bible Translation
Do thy diligence to come shortly to me:
English Standard Version
Do your best to come to me soon.
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,
English Revised Version
Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:
Berean Standard Bible
Make every effort to come to me quickly,
Contemporary English Version
Come to see me as soon as you can.
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:
Complete Jewish Bible
Do your best to come to me soon.
Darby Translation
Use diligence to come to me quickly;
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.
King James Version (1611)
Doe thy diligence to come shortly vnto me:
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,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Make speede to come vnto me at once:
George Lamsa Translation
Make every effort 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:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Do thy diligence to come shortly vnto me.
Good News Translation
Do your best to come to me soon.
Christian Standard Bible®
Make every effort to come to me soon,
Lexham English Bible
Make haste to come to me quickly.
Literal Translation
Make haste to come to me shortly.
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.
New English Translation
Make every effort to come to me soon.
New King James Version
Be diligent to come to me quickly;
Simplified Cowboy Version
Strike a long trot and try to get here quickly.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Make every effort to come to me soon;
Legacy Standard Bible
Be diligent to come to me soon,

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

2 Timothy 4:21, 2 Timothy 1:4

Reciprocal: Titus 3:12 - be

Cross-References

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 4:9
And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
Genesis 4:11
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
Genesis 4:13
And Cain said unto the Lord , My punishment is greater than I can bear.
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 37:32
And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.
Psalms 9:12
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
Proverbs 28:13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
John 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

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.


 
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