2 Timothy 4:9-18

Travel Plans and Concluding Greetings

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. 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. 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.

[4:10]  ¹ tn Grk “having loved.”

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

[4:11]  ¹ tn Grk “useful.”

[4:11]  ² tn Or “in serving me.”

[4:12]  ¹ map For location see JP1 D2; JP2 D2; JP3 D2; JP4 D2.

[4:14]  ¹ tn Grk “showed me much evil.”

[4:14]  ² sn An allusion to Ps 28:4.

[4:15]  ¹ 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.

[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.