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Green's Literal Translation

1 Timothy 3:14

I write these things to you, hoping to come to you shortly.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Minister, Christian;   Thompson Chain Reference - Leaders;   Ministers;   Religious;   The Topic Concordance - Truth;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Timothy;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Paul;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Deacon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Eve;   Timothy, the First Epistle to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Future Hope;   1 Timothy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bishop;   Church Government;   Timothy;   Timothy, Epistles to;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hymn;   Paul;   Timothy and Titus Epistles to;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Timothy;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 1;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I write these things to you, hoping to come to you soon.
King James Version (1611)
These things write I vnto thee, hoping to come vnto thee shortly.
King James Version
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
English Standard Version
I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that,
New American Standard Bible
I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you before long;
New Century Version
Although I hope I can come to you soon, I am writing these things to you now.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you before long;
Legacy Standard Bible
I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you soon,
Berean Standard Bible
Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these things
Contemporary English Version
I hope to visit you soon. But I am writing these instructions,
Complete Jewish Bible
I hope to visit you soon; but I am writing these things
Darby Translation
These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee more quickly;
Easy-to-Read Version
I hope I can come to you soon. But I am writing this to you now,
Geneva Bible (1587)
These things write I vnto thee, trusting to come very shortly vnto thee.
George Lamsa Translation
These things I write to you, although hoping to come to you shortly,
Good News Translation
As I write this letter to you, I hope to come and see you soon.
Lexham English Bible
I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you in a short time.
Amplified Bible
I hope to come to you before long, but I am writing these instructions to you
American Standard Version
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;
Bible in Basic English
I am writing these things to you, though I am hoping to come to you before long;
Hebrew Names Version
These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
International Standard Version
I hope to come to you soon. However, I'm writing this to you
Etheridge Translation
These I write to thee, hoping soon to come to thee;
Murdock Translation
These things I write to thee, while hoping soon to come to thee;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
These thynges write I vnto thee, hopyng to come shortly vnto thee:
English Revised Version
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;
World English Bible
These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee shortly:
Weymouth's New Testament
All this I write to you, though I am hoping before long to come to see you.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sone Timothe, Y write to thee these thingis, hopinge that Y schal come soon to thee;
Update Bible Version
These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
Webster's Bible Translation
These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee shortly:
New English Translation
I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you
New King James Version
These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly;
New Living Translation
I am writing these things to you now, even though I hope to be with you soon,
New Life Bible
I hope to come to you soon. I am writing these things
New Revised Standard
I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you so that,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
These things, unto thee, I am writing, hoping to come unto theeshortly, -
Douay-Rheims Bible
These things I write to thee, hoping that I shall come to thee shortly.
Revised Standard Version
I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you so that,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
These thinges write I vnto the trustinge to come shortly vnto the:
Young's Literal Translation
These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee soon,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
These thinges wryte I vnto the, trustinge shortly to come vnto the:
Mace New Testament (1729)
This I write, tho' I hope to make you a visit in a little time, that in case I am retarded,
THE MESSAGE
I hope to visit you soon, but just in case I'm delayed, I'm writing this letter so you'll know how things ought to go in God's household, this God-alive church, bastion of truth. This Christian life is a great mystery, far exceeding our understanding, but some things are clear enough: He appeared in a human body, was proved right by the invisible Spirit, was seen by angels. He was proclaimed among all kinds of peoples, believed in all over the world, taken up into heavenly glory.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Even though I hope to see you soon, I want you to have all this stuff in writing.

Contextual Overview

14 I write these things to you, hoping to come to you shortly. 15 But if I delay, that you may know how to behave in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. 16 And confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in flesh, was justified in Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

hoping: 1 Timothy 4:13, 1 Corinthians 11:34, 1 Corinthians 16:5-7, 2 Corinthians 1:15-17, 1 Thessalonians 2:18, Philemon 1:22, Hebrews 13:23, 2 John 1:12, 3 John 1:14

Reciprocal: 1 John 2:1 - these Revelation 1:20 - and the

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
And the serpent was cunning above every animal of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said to the woman, Is it true that God has said, You shall not eat from any tree of the garden?
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He will bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.
Genesis 3:20
And the man called the name of his wife, Eve; because she became the mother of all living.
Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood shall be shed by man. For He made man in the image of God.
Leviticus 20:25
And you shall make a difference between the clean animals and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean. And you shall not defile yourself by beast or by fowl, or by anything which swarms the ground, which I have set apart toyou as unclean;
Psalms 72:9
Those dwelling in the desert will bow before Him, and His enemies will lick the dust.
Isaiah 29:4
And you shall be brought low; you shall speak from the ground; and your speech shall be bowed down; and your voice shall be from the ground, like a medium; and your speech shall chirp out of the dust.
Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb shall feed as one; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And dust is the food of the snake. They shall not do evil nor destroy in all My holy mountain, says Jehovah.
Micah 7:17
They shall lick the dust like a snake; they shall tremble out of their holes like crawlers of the earth; they shall dread Jehovah our God; they shall fear from You.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

These things write I unto thee,.... Concerning the offices of bishops and deacons, their several qualifications, and the rules of judging of persons fit for such service:

hoping to come unto thee shortly; at Ephesus. He could not tell whether he could come or not, and therefore makes no promise, but hoped he should; and since it was uncertain, he thought fit to write the above things for his instruction and use.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly - That is, he hoped to come there to give instructions personally, or to finish, himself, the work which he had commenced in Ephesus, and which had been interrupted by his being driven so unexpectedly away. This verse proves that the apostle Paul did not regard Timothy as the permanent diocesan bishop of Ephesus. Would any Episcopal bishop write this to another bishop? If Timothy were the permanent prelate of Ephesus, would Paul have intimated that he expected soon to come and take the work of completing the arrangements there into his own hands? In regard to his expectation of going soon to Ephesus, see the notes on 1 Timothy 1:3; compare the Introduction to the Epistle.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 14. These things write I — That is: I write only these things; because I hope to come unto thee shortly.


 
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