2 Timothy 4:11

2 Timothy 4:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
• New International Version (NIV)Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry.

Context of 2 Timothy 4:11

9Timothy, please come to see me as soon as you can. 10Demas has left me and he has gone to Thessalonica city. He wanted to enjoy the things of this world too much. Crescens has gone to Galatia region. Titus has gone to Dalmatia region. Only Luke is with me now. Bring Mark with you when you come. He can help me very much with the work for God. 12I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. 13I left a coat with Carpus in Troas. Bring it when you come. Also bring the books for me. If you cannot bring all of them, then be sure to bring my special papers.

2 Timothy 4:11 word by word

Λουκᾶς ἐστιν μόνος μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ. Μᾶρκον ἀναλαβὼν ἄγε μετὰ σεαυτοῦ· ἔστιν γάρ μοι εὔχρηστος εἰς διακονίαν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Onlyμόνοςmonos · aloneG3441
• LukeΛουκᾶςLoukas · LukeG3065
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• Takeἀναλαμβάνωanalambanō · to take upG353
• MarkΜάρκοςMarkos · MarkG3138
• bringἄγωagō · to bringG71
• theeσεαυτοῦseautou seautō seauton sautou sautō sauton · yourselfG4572
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• profitableεὔχρηστοςeuchrēstos · helpfulG2173
• forεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the ministryδιακονίαdiakonia · serviceG1248

Cross-references for 2 Timothy 4:11

• 2 Timothy 1:15You know that almost all the believers in Asia region have turned against me. They include Phygelus and Hermogenes.
• Acts 16:10After Paul's vision, we immediately prepared ourselves for the journey to Macedonia. We decided that God was telling us to go there. He wanted us to tell the people there the good news about Jesus.
• Colossians 4:14Our good friend Luke, the doctor, says ‘hello’ to you. Demas also says ‘hello’.
• Philemon 1:24Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, who work with me here, also say ‘hello’ to you.
• Acts 12:12When Peter realized what God had done for him, he went to Mary's house. She was the mother of John Mark. Many people were meeting together in her house. They were praying to God.
• Acts 15:39Paul and Barnabas argued strongly about this. They could not agree, so they went in different directions. Barnabas took John Mark with him and they sailed to Cyprus.
• Colossians 4:10Aristarchus is also here with me in the prison. He says ‘hello’ to you. Barnabas's cousin, Mark also says ‘hello’ to you. I have already told you about him. So, if he comes to you, be kind to him.
• 1 Peter 5:13The believers here in Babylon say ‘hello’ to you. God has chosen them as his people, together with you. Mark, who is like my son, also says ‘hello’ to you.
• Hosea 14:4The Lord says, ‘My people turned away from me, but I will forgive them. I will love them very much. I will not be angry with them any more.
• Matthew 19:30But many people who are very important now will become the least important. And many people who are not important now will become very important then.’
• Matthew 20:16Jesus then said, ‘So, one day, those people who are not important now will become the most important. Those people who are very important now will become the least important.’
• Luke 13:30Listen! At that time, some people that are not important now will become the most important. And some people that are now the most important will not be important then.’

Commentaries on 2 Timothy 4:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Only Luke is with me - This was Luke the evangelist, and writer of the Acts of the Apostles, who was always much attached to St. Paul, and it is supposed continued with him even to his martyrdom. Take Mark, and bring him with thee - This was John Mark, the sister's son of Barnabas, who, after having wavered a little at first, became a steady, zealous, and useful man; his name and conduct have been often before the reader. See the parallel passages. For he…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Only Luke is with me - Luke, the author of the gospel which bears his name, and of the Acts of the Apostles. For a considerable part of the ministry of Paul, he was his traveling companion (compare the notes on Acts 16:10), and we know that he went with him to Rome; Acts 27:1. Take Mark - John Mark, see the notes at Acts 15:37. He was the son of a sister of Barnabas, and had been the traveling companion of Barnabas and Paul. There had been a temporary…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-13Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Luke: The author of the Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts traveled with Paul at different times. Many believe Luke was Paul's physician (Colossians 4:14). Luke was the only one of Paul's fellow workers who stayed with him continually. Therefore, Paul wanted Timothy to come quickly. Mark: Paul's belief that Mark would be useful shows a Christian story of amending differences (see Acts 13:13; 15:36–40; see also Colossians 4:10; Philemon 1:24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Take--Greek, "take up" on thy journey (Ac 20:13, 14). John Mark was probably in, or near, Colosse, as in the Epistle to the Colossians (Col 4:10), written two years before this, he is mentioned as about to visit them. Timothy was now absent from Ephesus and somewhere in the interior of Asia Minor; hence he would be sure to fall in with Mark on his journey. he is profitable to me for the ministry--Mark had been under a cloud for having forsaken Paul at…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