American Standard Version
2 Timothy 4:22
22The Lord be with thy spirit. Grace be with you.
2 Timothy 4:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was written from Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the second time.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
Context of 2 Timothy 4:22
20Erastus remained at Corinth: but Trophimus I left at Miletus sick. 21Give diligence to come before winter. Eubulus saluteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren. The Lord be with thy spirit. Grace be with you.
Read all of 2 Timothy 42 Timothy 4:22 word by word
Ὁ κύριος μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματός σου. ἡ χάρις μεθ᾽ ὑμῶνRead the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Timothy 4:22
- Matthew 28:20teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
- Romans 16:20And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- 2 Corinthians 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
- Galatians 6:18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.
- Philemon 1:25The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
- Romans 1:7to all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 16:23The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- Ephesians 6:24Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ witha loveincorruptible.
- Colossians 4:18The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.
- 1 Timothy 6:21which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with you.
- 1 Peter 5:14Salute one another with a kiss of love. Peace be unto you all that are in Christ.
- Revelation 22:21The grace of the Lord Jesus be with the saints. Amen.
Commentaries on 2 Timothy 4:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit - This is a prayer addressed to Christ by one of the most eminent of his apostles; another proof of the untruth of the assertion, that prayer is never offered to Christ in the New Testament. He prays that Christ may be with his spirit, enlightening, strengthening, and confirming it to the end. Grace be with you - These words show that the epistle was addressed to the whole Church, and that it is not to be…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit; - see Galatians 6:18; Romans 15:20. The subscription to this Epistle was not added by Paul himself, nor is there any evidence that it was by an inspired man, and it is of no authority. There is not the slightest evidence that Timothy was “ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians,” or that he was a “bishop” there at all. There is no reason to believe that he was even a “pastor” there, in the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-22Verses 19-22 We need no more to make us happy, than to have the Lord Jesus Christ with our spirits; for in him all spiritual blessings are summed up. It is the best prayer we can offer for our friends, that the Lord Jesus Christ may be with their spirits, to sanctify and save them, and at last to receive them to himself. Many who believed as Paul, are now before the throne, giving glory to their Lord: may we be followers of them.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22The unique phrasing here might emphasize what Paul already mentioned in 1:6–8 and 2:1 (compare Galatians 6:18, Philippians 4:23, and Philemon 1:25). with you all: Paul intended that Timothy would read this letter in public.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. Grace be with you--plural in oldest manuscripts, "with YOU," that is, thee and the members of the Ephesian and neighboring churches.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Timothy 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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