2 Timothy 4:9-11 Do your diligence to come shortly to me:… 1. Personal presence is to be preferred before writing. 2. The society and help of good men is much to be desired. There is much comfort and good to be gained thereby. 3. The strongest Christians sometimes may be helped by weaker. A Paul may stand in need of a Timothy. 4. A minister upon weighty and just occasions may lawfully be absent from his flock for a time. 5. We may love one friend more than another. Timothy was Paul's beloved son in the faith (1 Timothy 1:2). (T. Hall, B. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: |