2 Timothy 4:12

12 Forsooth I sent Tychicus to Ephesus.

2 Timothy 4:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Timothy 4:12

And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.
] To supply the place of Timothy, while he came to Rome, and continued there: so careful was the apostle of the church there, that they might not be without the ministry of the word during his absence; see ( Ephesians 6:20 Ephesians 6:21 ) .

2 Timothy 4:12 In-Context

10 For Demas, loving this world, hath forsaken me [Forsooth Demas hath forsaken me, loving this world], and went to Thessalonica, Crescens into Galatia, Titus into Dalmatia;
11 Luke alone is with me. Take thou Mark [Take Mark], and bring with thee; for he is profitable to me into service.
12 Forsooth I sent Tychicus to Ephesus.
13 The cloak [cloth] which I left at Troas at Carpas, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but most the parchments.
14 Alexander, the treasurer, showed to me much evil; the Lord shall yield to him after his works.
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