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2 Timothy 4:11

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Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
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  1. Acts 12:12Rank 1 from verse 11
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    12And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.

  2. Acts 12:25Rank 2 from verse 11
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    25And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.

  3. Philemon 1:24Rank 3 from verse 11
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    24Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.

  4. 2 Timothy 1:15Rank 4 from verse 11
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    15This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

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    39And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;

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2 Timothy 4:11

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take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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Mark

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Mark, the surname of John who travelled in the ministry with Barnabas and later was profitable to Paul.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ministry

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Sense 1: Service or appointed work, including the duties of an office or charge. Sense 2: The agency, instrumentality, or means by which service is performed.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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4:9Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:

4:10For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

4:11Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.

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4:12And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.

4:13The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.

4:14Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:

4:15Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.

4:16At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.

4:17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

4:18And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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