2 Timothy 4:11 “Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is u…”

2 Timothy 4:11

Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is useful to me in the ministry.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Only Luke is with me. Take Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.

American Standard Version

Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is useful to me for ministering.

Geneva Bible 1599

Onely Luke is with me. Take Marke and bring him with thee: for he is profitable vnto me to minister.

Darby Translation

Luke alone is with me. Take Mark, and bring [him] with thyself, for he is serviceable to me for ministry.

Young's Literal Translation

Lukas only is with me; Markus having taken, bring with thyself, for he is profitable to me for ministration;

Bible in Basic English

Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and take him with you; for he is of use to me in the work.

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“Only”

2 Timothy 1:15

2 Timothy 1:15 · BSB

You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

“Luke”

Philemon 1:24 Colossians 4:14 Acts 16:10

Philemon 1:24 · BSB

as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

Colossians 4:14 · BSB

Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.

Acts 16:10 · BSB

As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

“Mark”

Acts 12:12 Acts 12:25 Acts 15:39 Colossians 4:10 1 Peter 5:13 Hosea 14:4

Acts 12:12 · BSB

And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.

Acts 12:25 · BSB

When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.

Acts 15:39 · BSB

Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,

Colossians 4:10 · BSB

My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him.

1 Peter 5:13 · BSB

The church in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you greetings, as does my son Mark.

Hosea 14:4 · BSB

I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.

“for”

Matthew 19:30 Matthew 20:16 Luke 13:30

Matthew 19:30 · BSB

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

Matthew 20:16 · BSB

So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

Luke 13:30 · BSB

And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

12Tychicus, however, I have sent to Ephesus.

Read 2 Timothy 4