2 Timothy 4:13

And when you come, bring the coat that I left with Carpus in Troas city. Also, bring the books, but ◄most of all/especially► I want ◄the parchments/the animal skins► on which important things are written.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Tychicus cannot help me because I sent him to Ephesus city.

14Alexander, the man who makes things from metal, did many evil/harmful things to me. The Lord will punish him for what he did.

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Cross References

Acts 16:11So we (exc) got on a ship in Troas and sailed across the sea to Samothrace Island. We spent the night there, and the next day we sailed again across the sea and arrived at Neapolis port/town.

1 Corinthians 4:11Up to this present time we have often been hungry. We have often been thirsty. We have ragged clothes. Often we have been beaten {others have beaten us}. We have traveled so much that we have no regular homes to live in.

Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 4:10-16

The Apostle's Directions to Timothy. ( a. d. 66.) 9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: 10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. 11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry. 12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. 13 The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments. 14… Read the whole commentary →

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