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2 Timothy 4:12 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" But I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. "
2 Timothy 4:12
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10 for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; and Titus to Dalmatia.
11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.
12 But I sent Tychicus to Ephesus.
13 Bring the cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus when you come—and the books, especially the parchments.
14 Alexander the coppersmith did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
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2 Timothy 4:1
"I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom:"
2 Timothy 4:2
"preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching."
2 Timothy 4:3
"For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts,"
2 Timothy 4:4
"and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn away to fables."
2 Timothy 4:5
"But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry."
2 Timothy 4:6
"For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come."
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