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2 Timothy 4:9
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Make every effort to come to me soon,
Doe thy diligence to come shortly vnto me:
Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:
Do your best to come to me soon.
Make every effort to come to me soon;
Do your best to come to me as soon as you can,
Make every effort to come to me soon;
Be diligent to come to me soon,
Make every effort to come to me quickly,
Come to see me as soon as you can.
Do your best to come to me soon.
Use diligence to come to me quickly;
Do your best to come to me as soon as you can.
Make speede to come vnto me at once:
Make every effort to come to me soon:
Make haste to come to me quickly.
Make haste to come to me shortly.
Make every effort to come to me soon;
Give diligence to come shortly unto me:
Do your best to come to me before long:
Be diligent to come to me soon,
Do your best to come to me soon.
BE careful to come to me speedily;
Exert thyself to come to me quickly.
Do thy diligence to come shortly vnto me.
Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:
Be diligent to come to me soon,
Do thy diligence to come to me shortly.
Make an effort to come to me speedily.
Hyye thou to come to me soone. For Demas, louynge this world, hath forsakun me, and wente to Tessalonyk,
Be diligent to come shortly to me:
Do thy diligence to come shortly to me:
Make every effort to come to me soon.
Be diligent to come to me quickly;
Timothy, please come as soon as you can.
Come to me here as soon as you can.
Do your best to come to me soon,
Give diligence to come unto me speedily,
For Demas hath left me, loving this world, and is gone to Thessalonica:
Do your best to come to me soon.
Make spede to come vnto me at once.
Be diligent to come unto me quickly,
Make spede to come vnto me atonce.
Endeavour to come to me very soon:
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.
Strike a long trot and try to get here quickly.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
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2 Timothy 4:21, 2 Timothy 1:4
Reciprocal: Titus 3:12 - be
Cross-References
Then Abel brought the first lamb born to one of his sheep, killed it, and gave the best parts of it as an offering. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,
The Lord asked Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" He answered, "I don't know. Am I supposed to take care of my brother?"
You are placed under a curse and can no longer farm the soil. It has soaked up your brother's blood as if it had opened its mouth to receive it when you killed him.
And Cain said to the Lord , "This punishment is too hard for me to bear.
You are driving me off the land and away from your presence. I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth, and anyone who finds me will kill me."
They took the robe to their father and said, "We found this. Does it belong to your son?"
God remembers those who suffer; he does not forget their cry, and he punishes those who wrong them.
You will never succeed in life if you try to hide your sins. Confess them and give them up; then God will show mercy to you.
You are the children of your father, the Devil, and you want to follow your father's desires. From the very beginning he was a murderer and has never been on the side of truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he is only doing what is natural to him, because he is a liar and the father of all 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.
