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4:1 I charge you therefore before Elohim, and Adonay Yeshua (ישוע) Moshiach, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His Kingdom;
4:2 Proclaim the Word! Be ready in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, exhort with great patience and Teaching. Col 4:3 1 Tim 5:20
4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound teaching; but after their own desires because they have itching ears, they will heap up themselves teachers;
4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.
4:5 But you be watchful in all things, endure hardship, do the work of a proclaimer of the Good News, and fulfill your ministry.
4:6 For I am now already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.
I have fought a good fight,
I have finished the race,
I have kept the faith:
4:8 Finally, there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which Adonay, the righteous judge, shall give me on that Day: and not to me only, but also to all those who love His appearing.
4:9 Be diligent to come me quickly:
4:10 For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonike; Kreskes for Galatia, Titos for Dalmatia.
4:11 Only Loukas is with me. Take Markos, and bring him with you: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
4:12 And Tuchikos have I sent to Ephesos.
4:13
Bring the cloak that I left with
Karpos at Troas, when you
come -- bring the books, especially the
parchments
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4:14 Alexandros the coppersmith did me much harm: May Adonay repay him according to his works:
4:15 You must also beware of him; for he has greatly resisted our words.
4:16 At my first defence no man stood with me, but all forsook me: May it not be charged against them.
4:17 But Adonay stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fulfilled, and all the Goyim might hear, and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
4:18 And Adonay shall deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly Kingdom:
To Him be the Glory (haKavod) l'olam va'ed. Amein!
4:19 Bid Shalom to Priska and Akulas, and the household of Onesiphoros.
4:20 Erastos stayed at Korinthos: but Trophimos have I left at Miletos sick.
4:21 Do your utmost diligence to come before winter.
Euboulos greets you, as well as Poudes, Linos, Klaudia, and all the brethren.
4:22 Adonay Yeshua (ישוע) Moshiach be with your spirit. Favor be with you. Amein.
G3200 μεμβράνα membrana mem-bran'-ah Of Latin origin (“membrane”); a (written) sheep skin: - parchment.
Demas A companion and fellow-labourer of Paulos during his first imprisonment at Rome (Phm_1:24; Col_4:14). It appears, however, that the love of the world afterwards mastered him, and he deserted the apostle (2Ti_4:10).
Thessalonike - Thessalonica A large and populous city on the Thermaic bay. It was the capital of one of the four Roman districts of Macedonia, and was ruled by a praetor. It was named after Thessalonica, the wife of Cassander, who built the city. She was so called by her father, Philip, because he first heard of her birth on the day of his gaining a victory over the Thessalians.
Crescens Increasing, probably one of the seventy taught ones of Moshiach. He was one of Paulos's assistants (2Ti_4:10), probably a Messianic Believer of Rome.
Galatia Has been called the “Gallia” of the East, Roman writers calling its inhabitants Galli. They were an intermixture of Gauls and Greeks, and hence were called Gallo-Graeci, and the country Gallo-Graecia. The Galatians were in their origin a part of that great Celtic migration which invaded Macedonia about 280 B.C..
Titos - Titus Honourable, was with Paulos and Barnabas at Antioch, and accompanied them to the council at Yerushalayim (Gal_2:1-3; Act_15:2),
Dalmatia A mountainous country on the eastern shore of the Adriatic, a part of the Roman province of Illyricum. It still bears its ancient name. During Paul's second imprisonment at Rome, Titus left him to visit Dalmatia (2Ti_4:10) for some unknown purpose. Paul had himself formerly preached in that region (Rom_15:19).
Loukas - Luke The evangelist, was a Goyim. The date and circumstances of his conversion are unknown. According to his own statement (Luk_1:2),
Markos - Mark The evangelist; “Yochanan whose surname was Mark” (Act_12:12, Act_12:25). Mark (Marcus, Col_4:10, etc.) was his Roman name, which gradually came to supersede his yehudi name Yochanan. He is called Yochanan in Act_13:5, Act_13:13, and Mark in Act_15:39, 2Ti_4:11, etc.
Tuchikos - Tychicus Chance, an Asiatic Believer, a “faithful minister in Adonay” (Eph_6:21, Eph_6:22), who, with Trophimus, accompanied Paulos on a part of his journey from Macedonia to Yerushalayim (Act_20:4). He is alluded to also in Col_4:7, Tit_3:12, and 2 Tim_4:12 as having been with Paulos at Rome, whence he sent him to Ephesos, probably for the purpose of building up and encouraging the Assembly there.
Troas A city on the coast of Mysia, in the north-west of Asia Minor, named after ancient Troy, which was at some little distance from it (about 4 miles) to the north.
Karpos - Carpus A believer at Troas, with whom Paulos left his cloak (2Ti_4:13) on his last hurried journey previous to his second captivity and martyrdom at Rome. Elder of Berytus in Thrace subsequently, according to Hippolytus. He must have been a trustworthy friend to have had Paulos's "books" (on papyrus), and "especially" his "parchments" (perhaps containing some of his inspired epistles) committed to him.
Alexandros - Alexandria A coppersmith who, with Hymenaeus and others, promulgated certain heresies regarding the resurrection (1Ti_1:19; 2Ti_4:14), and made shipwreck of faith and of a good conscience. Paulos excommunicated him (1Ti_1:20; compare 1Co_5:5).
Priska - Prisca - meaning ancient The wife of Aquila. See Aquila. To what has been said elsewhere under the head of Aquila, the following may be added: We find that the name of the wife is placed before that of the husband in Rom_16:3; 2Ti_4:19, and , (according to some of the best manuscripts), in Act_18:26. Hence, we should be disposed to conclude that Priscilla was the more energetic character of the two. In fact, we may say that Priscilla is the example of what the married woman may do for the general service of the Assembly, in conjunction with home duties, as Phoebe is the type of the unmarried servant of the Assembly, or deaconess.
Akulus - an eagle Aquila and his wife, Príska (G4251), Priscilla, are mentioned in Act_18:2, Act_18:18, Act_18:26; Rom_16:3; 1Co_16:19; 2Ti_4:19. In Paul's eyes, they were people of importance. The careful description of Aquila as a Jew, a man of Pontus by race (Act_18:2), implies that Priscilla, his wife, was not a Jewess. Perhaps Priscilla was a converted Roman, there being evidence that she came from a distinguished Roman family.
Erastos - Erastus - beloved