2 Timothy 4:9

Christian Standard Bible ®

Make every effort to come to me soon,

Parallel Translations

King James Version (1611)
Doe thy diligence to come shortly vnto me:

King James Version
Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:

English Standard Version
Do your best 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,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Make every effort to come to me soon;

Legacy Standard Bible
Be diligent to come to me soon,

Berean Standard Bible
Make every effort to come to me quickly,

Contemporary English Version
Come to see me as soon as you can.

Complete Jewish Bible
Do your best to come to me soon.

Darby Translation
Use diligence to come to me quickly;

Easy-to-Read Version
Do your best to come to me as soon as you can.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Make speede to come vnto me at once:

George Lamsa Translation
Make every effort to come to me soon:

Good News Translation
Do your best to come to me soon.

Lexham English Bible
Make haste to come to me quickly.

Literal Translation
Make haste to come to me shortly.

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:

Hebrew Names Version
Be diligent to come to me soon,

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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Do thy diligence to come shortly vnto me.

English Revised Version
Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:

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,

Update Bible Version
Be diligent to come shortly to me:

Webster's Bible Translation
Do thy diligence to come shortly to me:

New English Translation
Make every effort to come to me soon.

New King James Version
Be diligent to come to me quickly;

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,

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:

Revised Standard Version
Do your best to come to me soon.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Make spede to come vnto me at once.

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.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Strike a long trot and try to get here quickly.

Contextual Overview

⁹Make every effort to come to me soon, ¹⁰because Demas has deserted me, since he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. ¹¹Only Luke is with me. Bring Mark with you, for he is useful to me in the ministry. ¹²I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. ¹³When you come, bring the cloak I left in Troas with Carpus, as well as the scrolls, especially the parchments. ¹⁴Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works. ¹⁵Watch out for him yourself because he strongly opposed our words.

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2 Timothy 4:21, 2 Timothy 1:4

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Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
And Abel also presented an offering—some of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions. The Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,

Genesis 4:9
Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”

Genesis 4:11
So now you are cursed, alienated from the ground that opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood you have shed.

Genesis 4:13
But Cain answered the Lord, “My punishment is too great to bear!

Genesis 4:14
Since you are banishing me today from the face of the earth, and I must hide from your presence and become a restless wanderer on the earth, whoever finds me will kill me.”

Genesis 37:32
They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it. Is it your son’s robe or not?”

Psalms 9:12
For the one who seeks an accountingfor bloodshed remembers them;he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.

Proverbs 28:13
The one who conceals his sinswill not prosper,but whoever confesses and renounces themwill find mercy.

John 8:44
You are of your father the devil,

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.