2 Timothy 4:21

2 Timothy 4:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.
• New International Version (NIV)Do your best to get here before winter. Eubulus greets you, and so do Pudens, Linus, Claudia and all the brothers and sisters.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do your best to come before winter. Eubulus sends greetings to you, as do Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brothers.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do your utmost to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, as well as Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brethren.

Context of 2 Timothy 4:21

19Give my greetings to Priscilla and Aquila and those living in the household of Onesiphorus. 20Erastus stayed at Corinth, and I left Trophimus sick at Miletus. Do your best to get here before winter. Eubulus sends you greetings, and so do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers and sisters. 22May the Lord be with your spirit. And may his grace be with all of you.

2 Timothy 4:21 word by word

Σπούδασον πρὸ χειμῶνος ἐλθεῖν.¶ Ἀσπάζεταί σε Εὔβουλος καὶ Πούδης καὶ Λίνος καὶ Κλαυδία καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ πάντες.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Do thy diligenceσπουδάζωspoudazō · be eagerG4704
• to comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• beforeπρόpro · beforeG4253
• winterχειμώνcheimōn · winterG5494
• EubulusΕὔβουλοςEuboulos · EubulusG2103
• greetethἀσπάζομαιaspazomai · to pay respects toG782
• theeσύsu · youG4771
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• PudensΠούδηςPoudēs · PudensG4227
• LinusΛίνοςLinos · LinusG3044
• ClaudiaΚλαυδίαKlaudia · ClaudiaG2803
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• the brethrenὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80

Cross-references for 2 Timothy 4:21

• 2 Timothy 4:9Timothy, please come as soon as you can.
• 2 Timothy 1:4I long to see you again, for I remember your tears as we parted. And I will be filled with joy when we are together again.
• Romans 16:21Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you his greetings, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow Jews.
• 1 Corinthians 16:20All the brothers and sisters here send greetings to you. Greet each other with a sacred kiss.
• 2 Corinthians 13:13All of God’s people here send you their greetings.
• Philippians 4:22And all the rest of God’s people send you greetings, too, especially those in Caesar’s household.
• 2 John 1:13Greetings from the children of your sister, chosen by God.
• 3 John 1:14For I hope to see you soon, and then we will talk face to face.

Commentaries on 2 Timothy 4:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Come before winter - Because the apostle's time was short and uncertain. Because sailing in those seas was very dangerous in winter. Whether Timothy saw the apostle before he was martyred is not known. Eubulus - This person is nowhere else mentioned in the New Testament. Pudens - Of this person we have traditions and legends, but nothing certain. The Catholics make him bishop of Rome. Linus - He also is made, by the same persons, bishop of Rome; but there…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Do thy diligence; - 2 Timothy 4:9. To come before winter - Probably because of the dangers of the navigation then, and because the circumstances of the apostle were such as to demand the presence of a friend. Eubulus, … - These names are of common occurrence in the works of the classic writers, but of the persons here referred to we know nothing.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. 21before winter: Paul probably worried about a long delay if Timothy missed the chance to travel in the fall (see 1:4; 4:9). Winter weather interrupted travel across the Adriatic Sea from November to March (see Acts 27:12). Paul might also have been eager to receive his cloak for the cold prison (2 Timothy 4:13). The New Testament does not mention Eubulus elsewhere. But he was obviously well-known to Timothy. Pudens was a name used by upper-class families…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. before winter--when a voyage, according to ancient usages of navigation, would be out of the question: also, Paul would need his "cloak" against the winter (2Ti 4:13). Pudens ... Claudia--afterwards husband and wife (according to Martial [Epigrams, 4.13; 11.54]), he a Roman knight, she a Briton, surnamed Rufina. Tacitus [On Agriculture, 14], mentions that territories in southeast Britain were given to a British king; Cogidunus, in reward for his…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Timothy 4:21

• Claudia
• Eubulus
• Linus
• Pudens
• Rome

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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