2 Timothy 4:9

Be diligent to come to me soon,

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WEBBE

Be diligent to come to me soon,

BSB

Make every effort to come to me quickly,

KJV

Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:

ASV

Give diligence to come shortly unto me:

BBE

Do your best to come to me before long:

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Σπούδασον Spoudason do be diligent G4704 ἐλθεῖν elthein to come G2064 πρός pros to G4314 με me me G3165 ταχέως tacheōs soon G5030

The early church

It is worth while to enquire why he calls Timothy to him, inasmuch as he was intrusted with a Church, and a whole nation. It was not from arrogance. For Paul was ready to come to him; for we find him saying, "But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God." (1 Tim. iii. 15.) But he was withholden by a strong necessity. He was no longer matter of his own movements. He was in prison, and had been confined by Nero, and was all but on the point of death. That this might not happen before he saw his disciple, he therefore sends for him, desiring to see him before he dies, and perhaps to deliver much in charge to him. Wherefore he says, "Hasten to come to me before the winter."

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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