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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Only Luke is with me. Bring Mark with you when you come, for he will be helpful to me in my ministry.

Context of 2 Timothy 4:11

9Do your best to come to me quickly, 10for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry. 12I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. 13When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments.

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 everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
• Acts 16:10After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
• Colossians 4:14Our dear friend Luke, the doctor, and Demas send greetings.
• Philemon 1:24And so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow workers.
• Acts 12:12When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying.
• Acts 15:39They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,
• Colossians 4:10My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you his greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas. (You have received instructions about him; if he comes to you, welcome him.)
• 1 Peter 5:13She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you her greetings, and so does my son Mark.
• Hosea 14:4“I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them.
• Matthew 19:30But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.
• Matthew 20:16“So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
• Luke 13:30Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.”

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