KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
2 Timothy 4:20–21
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2 Timothy 4:20
20Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
20Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus haue I left at Miletum sicke.
2 Timothy 4:21
21Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.
21Doe thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.
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DEFINED WORDS
2 Timothy 4:20
A dwelling or place of residence; also remained or continued in a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Corinth, the city in which Paul ministered and to which the Corinthian epistles relate.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Departed from, allowed to remain, or abandoned.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Affected with disease or bodily weakness; also distressed, disgusted, or weary, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
2 Timothy 4:21
Steady application in business of any kind; constant effort to accomplish what is undertaken; exertion of body or mind without unnecessary delay or sloth; due attention; industry; assiduity.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The cold season of the year; to remain or lodge during that season.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Greets; salutes, welcomes, or addresses with goodwill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Brothers; near kindred; fellow Israelites; or fellow believers, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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From verse 20
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Open the full verse study4And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
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Open the full verse study22So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.
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Open the full verse study29(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
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Open the full verse study26For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
27For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
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Open the full verse study15And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.
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Open the full verse study23Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.
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Open the full verse study17¶ And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
From verse 21
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Open the full verse study9Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:
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Open the full verse study22All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Cæsar’s household.
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Open the full verse study20All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss.
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Open the full verse study13All the saints salute you.
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Open the full verse study13The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
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Open the full verse study4Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
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Open the full verse study13The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.
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Open the full verse study14But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.
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Open the full verse study21Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
22I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.
23Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.
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