2 TIMOTHY 4:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.”
Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry. — Amidst departures, Luke monaios (alone) remains. Timothy must retrieve John Mark, now deemed euchrēstos (useful) for the diakonia (ministry) despite earlier conflict (Acts 15:37-39). Restoration and redemption occur.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 4:11
It is worth while to enquire why he calls Timothy to him, inasmuch as he was entrusted with a Church, and a whole nation. It was not from arrogance. For Paul was ready to come to him; for we find him saying, “But if I tarry long, that you may know how you ought to behave yourself in the house of God.” 1 Timothy 3:15 But he was withholden by a strong necessity. He was no longer master of his own movements. He was in prison, and had been confined by Nero, and was all but on the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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