2 Timothy 4:9

Easy-to-Read Version

Do your best to come to me as soon as you can.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Make every effort to come to me soon,

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;

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

⁹ Do your best to come to me as soon as you can. ¹⁰ Demas loved this world too much. That is why he left me. He went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia. And Titus went to Dalmatia. ¹¹ Luke is the only one still with me. Get Mark and bring him with you when you come. He can help me in my work here. ¹² I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. ¹³ When I was in Troas, I left my coat there with Carpus. So when you come, bring it to me. Also, bring my books. The books written on parchment are the ones I need. ¹⁴ Alexander the metalworker caused me so much harm. The Lord will punish him for what he did. ¹⁵ He fought against everything we teach. You should be careful that he doesn't hurt you too.

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2 Timothy 4:21, 2 Timothy 1:4

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Cross-References

Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to watch over my brother?"

Genesis 4:13
Then Cain said to the Lord , "This punishment is more than I can bear!

Genesis 4:14
You are forcing me to leave the land, and I will not be able to be near you or have a home! Now I must wander from place to place, and anyone I meet could kill me."

Genesis 37:32
Then the brothers showed the coat to their father. And the brothers said, "We found this coat. Is this Joseph's coat?"

Psalms 9:12
He punishes murderers and remembers those who are in need. When suffering people cry for help, he does not ignore them.

Proverbs 28:13
Whoever hides their sins will not be successful, but whoever confesses their sins and stops doing wrong will receive mercy.

John 8:44
Your father is the devil. You belong to him. You want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning. He was always against the truth. There is no truth in him. He is like the lies he tells. Yes, the devil is a liar. He is the father of lies.

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.