1 Timothy 3:14

Young's Literal Translation

These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee soon,

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:

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 These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee soon, ¹⁵ and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth [thee] to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God -- a pillar and foundation of the truth, ¹⁶ and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety -- God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, 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 hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, `Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?'

Genesis 3:15
and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee -- the head, and thou dost bruise him -- the heel.'

Genesis 3:20
And the man calleth his wife's name Eve: for she hath been mother of all living.

Genesis 9:6
whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.

Leviticus 20:25
`And ye have made separation between the pure beasts and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the pure, and ye do not make yourselves abominable by beast or by fowl, or by anything which creepeth [on] the ground which I have separated to you for unclean;

Psalms 72:9
Before him bow do the inhabitants of the dry places, And his enemies lick the dust.

Isaiah 29:4
And thou hast been low, From the earth thou speakest, And from the dust makest thy saying low, And thy voice hath been from the earth, As one having a familiar spirit, And from the dust thy saying whisperest,

Isaiah 65:25
Wolf and lamb do feed as one, And a lion as an ox eateth straw, As to the serpent -- dust [is] its food, They do no evil, nor destroy, In all My holy mountain, said Jehovah!

Micah 7:17
They lick dust as a serpent, as fearful things of earth, They tremble from their enclosures, Of Jehovah our God they are afraid, Yea, they are afraid of Thee.

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.