4:9 Make every effort to come to me soon. 4:10 For Demas deserted me, since he loved 1 the present age, and he went to Thessalonica. 2 Crescens went to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia. 4:11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is a great help 3 to me in ministry. 4 4:12 Now I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. 5 4:13 When you come, bring with you the cloak I left in Troas with Carpas and the scrolls, especially the parchments. 4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. 6 The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds. 7 4:15 You be on guard against him 8 too, because he vehemently opposed our words.
1 tn Grk “having loved.”
2 map For location see JP1-C1; JP2-C1; JP3-C1; JP4-C1.
3 tn Grk “useful.”
4 tn Or “in serving me.”
5 map For location see JP1-D2; JP2-D2; JP3-D2; JP4-D2.
6 tn Grk “showed me much evil.”
7 sn An allusion to Ps 28:4.
8 tn Grk “against whom,” as a continuation of the previous clause. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.