2 Timothy 4:10

for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

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WEBBE

for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; and Titus to Dalmatia.

BSB

because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

KJV

For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

ASV

for Demas forsook me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

BBE

For Demas has gone away from me, for love of this present life, and has gone to Thessalonica: Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

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Δημᾶς Dēmas Demas G1214 γάρ gar for G1063 με me me G3165 ἐγκατέλιπεν egkatelipen has deserted G1459 ἀγαπήσας agapēsas having loved G25 τὸν ton the G3588 νῦν nun present G3568 αἰῶνα aiōna age G165 καὶ kai and G2532 ἐπορεύθη eporeuthē he has gone G4198 εἰς eis to G1519 Θεσσαλονίκην Thessalonikēn Thessalonica G2332 Κρήσκης Krēskēs Crescens G2913 εἰς eis to G1519 Γαλατίαν Galatian Galatia G1053 Τίτος Titos [and] Titus G5103 εἰς eis to G1519 Δαλματίαν Dalmatian Dalmatia G1149

The early church

"For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world." He does not say, "That I may see thee before I depart this life," which would have grieved him, but "because I am alone," he says, "and have no one to help or support me." "For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed to Thessalonica"; that is, having loved his own ease and security from danger, he has chosen rather to live luxuriously at home, than to suffer hardships with me, and share my present danger. He has blamed him alone, not for the sake of blaming him, but to confirm us, that we may not be effeminate in declining toils and dangers, for this is, "having loved this present world." At the same time he wishes to draw his disciple to him. "Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia." These he does not censure. For Titus was one of the most admirable men, so that to him he intrusted the affairs of the island, no small island, I mean, but that great one of Crete.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on 2 Timothy

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 9–13

The love of this world, is often the cause of turning back from the truths and ways of Jesus Christ. Paul was guided by Divine inspiration, yet he would have his books. As long as we live, we must still learn. The apostles did not neglect human means, in seeking the necessaries of life, or their own instruction. Let us thank the Divine goodness in having given us so many writings of wise and pious men in all ages; and let us seek that by reading them our profiting may appear to all.

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TitusDemasCrescens DalmatiaGalatiaThessalonica

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BackslidersCovetousnessApostasyTitusThessalonicaDemasCrescensDalmatia

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.