to all who love the thought of His Appearing.
004:009 Make an effort to come to me speedily.
004:010 For 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.
004:011 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.
004:012 Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus.
004:013 When you come, bring with you the cloak which I left
behind at Troas at the house of Carpus, and the books,
but especially the parchments.
004:014 Alexander the metal-worker showed bitter hostility towards me:
the Lord will requite him according to his doings.
004:015 You also should beware of him; for he has violently
opposed our preaching.
004:016 At my first defence I had no one at my side, but all deserted me.
May it not be laid to their charge.
004:017 The Lord, however, stood by me and filled me with inward strength,
that through me the Message might be fully proclaimed
and that all the Gentiles might hear it; and I was rescued
from the lion's jaws.
004:018 The Lord will deliver me from every cruel attack and will
keep me safe in preparation for His heavenly Kingdom.
To Him be the glory until the Ages of the Ages! Amen.
004:019 Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
004:020 Erastus stayed in Corinth; Trophimus I left behind me
at Miletus, ill.
004:021 Make an effort to come before winter. Eubulus greets you,
and so do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brethren.