2 Timothy 4:11

Luke is the only friend I now have with me. Call for Mark on your way and bring him with you, for he is a great help to me in my ministry.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10For Demas has deserted me--loving, as he does, the present age--and has gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

12Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:30"But many who are now first will be last, and many who are now last will be first.

Luke 13:30And I tell you that some now last will then be first, and some now first will then be last."

Acts 12:25And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having discharged their mission, and they brought with them John, surnamed Mark.

Acts 16:10So when he had seen the vision, we immediately looked out for an opportunity of passing on into Macedonia, confidently inferring that God had called us to proclaim the Good News to the people there.

Colossians 4:14Luke, the dearly-loved physician, salutes you, and so does Demas.

Philemon 1:24and from Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

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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