2 Timothy 4:9

Travel Plans and Concluding Greetings

4:9 Make every effort to come to me soon.

2 Timothy 1:17

1:17 But when he arrived in Rome, ¹  he eagerly searched for me and found me.

2 Timothy 1:15

1:15 You know that everyone in the province of Asia ²  deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

2 Timothy 4:16

4:16 At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me – may they not be held accountable for it.

2 Timothy 1:16

1:16 May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment. ³ 

2 Timothy 4:10

4:10 For Demas deserted me, since he loved ⁴  the present age, and he went to Thessalonica. ⁵  Crescens went to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia.

2 Timothy 3:11

3:11 as well as the persecutions and sufferings ⁶  that happened to me in Antioch, ⁷  in Iconium, and in Lystra. ⁸  I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.

2 Timothy 4:17-18

4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message ⁹  would be fully proclaimed ¹⁰  for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth! 4:18 The Lord will deliver me from every evil deed and will bring me safely ¹¹  into his heavenly kingdom. To him ¹²  be glory for ever and ever! ¹³  Amen.

[1:17]  ¹ map For location see JP4 A1.

[1:15]  ¹ tn Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia, made up of about one-third of the west and southwest end of modern Asia Minor. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.

[1:16]  ¹ tn Grk “my chain.”

[4:10]  ¹ tn Grk “having loved.”

[4:10]  ² map For location see JP1 C1; JP2 C1; JP3 C1; JP4 C1.

[3:11]  ¹ tn Grk “persecutions, sufferings,” as a continuation of the series from v. 10.

[3:11]  ² map For location see JP1 E2; JP2 E2; JP3 E2; JP4 E2.

[3:11]  ³ sn In Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. See Acts 13-14 for the account of these persecutions.

[4:17]  ¹ tn Or “the preaching.”

[4:17]  ² tn Grk “might be completely fulfilled.”

[4:18]  ¹ tn Grk “save me.”

[4:18]  ² tn Grk “to whom.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[4:18]  ³ tn Grk “unto the ages of the ages,” an emphatic way of speaking about eternity in Greek.