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Myles Coverdale Bible

1 Timothy 3:14

These thinges wryte I vnto the, trustinge shortly to come vnto the:

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.
Literal Translation
I write these things to you, hoping to come to you shortly.
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,
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 These thinges wryte I vnto the, trustinge shortly to come vnto the: 15 but yf I tary loge, that then thou mayest yet haue knowlege, how thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in Gods house, which is the congregacion of the lyuynge God, the piler and grounde of trueth: 16 and without naye, greate is that mystery of godlynes. God was shewed in the flesh: was iustified in the sprete: was sene of angels: was preached vnto the Heythen: was beleued on in the worlde: was receaued vp 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
Bvt the serpent was sotyller then all the beastes of the felde (which ye LORDE God had made) and sayde vnto the woman: Yee, hath God sayde indede: Ye shall not eate of all maner trees in the garden?
Genesis 3:15
And I wyll put enemyte betwene the and the woman, and betwene yi sede and hir sede. The same shal treade downe thy heade, and thou shalt treade him on the hele.
Genesis 3:20
And Adam called his wyfe Heua, because she is the mother of all lyuynge.
Genesis 9:6
He that sheddeth mas bloude, his bloude shal be shed by man agayne, for God made man after his owne licknesse.
Leviticus 20:25
that ye also shulde separate the cleane beestes fro the vncleane, and the vncleane foules from the cleane: & not to defyle youre soules vpon beestes, vpon foules & vpon all that crepeth on the grounde: which I haue separated vnto you, that they shulde be vncleane.
Psalms 72:9
They that dwell in the wildernes, shal knele before him, & his enemies shal licke the dust.
Isaiah 29:4
And thou shalt be brought lowe, and speake out of the earth, and thy wordes shal go humbly out of ye grounde.
Isaiah 65:25
The wolff and the lambe shal fede together, and the lyon shal eate haye like the bullocke. But earth shalbe the serpetes meate. There shal no man hurte ner slaye another, in all my holy hill, saieth the LORDE.
Micah 7:17
They shal licke the dust like a serpent, & as the wormes of the earth, yt tremble in their holes. They shalbe afrayed of the LORDE oure God, & they shal feare ye.

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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