2 Timothy 4:20

18 And 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.

19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.

21 Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus.
KJV
Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
WEB
Erastus remained at Corinth, but I left Trophimus at Miletus sick.
ASV
Erastus remained at Corinth: but Trophimus I left at Miletus sick.
DARBY
Erastus remained in Corinth, but Trophimus I left behind in Miletus sick.
BLB
Erastus remained in Corinth, but Trophimus I left being sick in Miletus.
ÅB
Erastus ble i Korint; Trofimus lot jeg syk etter meg i Milet.
OTB
Erastus ble i Korint, men jeg lot Trofimus bli syk i Milet.
B1930
Erastus blev i Korint; Trofimus lot jeg syk efter mig i Milet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 20:4

    And 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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  • Acts 19:22

    So 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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  • Philippians 2:26–27

    For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

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  • Acts 21:29

    (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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  • Acts 20:15

    And 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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  • Romans 16:23

    Gaius 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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  • Acts 20:17

    And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

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