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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_timothy/4.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_timothy/4.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Erastus stayed in Corinth, and I left Trophimus sick in Miletus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_timothy/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Erastus stayed at Corinth, and I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_timothy/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Erastus remained at Corinth, and I left Trophimus, who was ill, at Miletus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_timothy/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_timothy/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Erastus remained in Corinth, but Trophimus I left ailing in Miletus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_timothy/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_timothy/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Erastus stayed in Corinth, but Trophimus I have left in Miletus sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_timothy/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Erastus remained at Corinth, but I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_timothy/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Erastus remained at Corinth, but Trophimus I left sick at Miletus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_timothy/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Erastus remained at Corinth, but Trophimus I left sick at Miletus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_timothy/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Erastus remained at Corinth, but Trophimus I left sick at Miletus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_timothy/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Erastus stayed on at Corinth, but I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_timothy/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Erastus has remained at Corinth; I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_timothy/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Erastus has remained at Corinth; I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_timothy/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Erastus remained at Corinth: but Trophimus I left at Miletus sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_timothy/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Erastus stayed at Corinth. Trophimus was sick when I left him at Miletus. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_timothy/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus I left at Miletus sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_timothy/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Erastus stayed in the city of Corinth and I left Trophimus in the city of Miletus because he was sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_timothy/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Erastus stayed in Corinth, and I left Trophimus in Miletus, because he was sick. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_timothy/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Erastus stayed in Corinth, and I left Trophimus in Miletus because he was sick. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_timothy/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_timothy/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Erastus stayed in Corinth. Trophimus I left ill in Miletus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_timothy/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Erastus remained at Corinth, and I left Trophimus at Miletus, ill.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_timothy/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus I have left at Miletum sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_timothy/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Erastus stayed in Corinth; Trophimus I left behind me at Miletus, ill.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_timothy/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Erastus remained at Corinth, but I left Trophimus at Miletus sick. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_timothy/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Erastus remained in Corinth, and I left Trophimus ailing in Miletus;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_timothy/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Erastus remained in Corinth, but Trophimus I left ailing in Miletus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_timothy/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Erastus did remain in Corinth, and Trophimus I left in Miletus infirm;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_timothy/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Erastus remained in Corinth: and Trophimus I left in Miletum sick.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_timothy/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Erastus remained at Corinth. And Trophimus I left sick at Miletus. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_timothy/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Erastus remained at Corinth. And Trophimus I left sick at Miletus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_timothy/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Erastus remained in Corinth, while I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_timothy/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Erastus remained in Corinth; Trophimus I left ill in Miletus.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_timothy/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />E-ras’tus has remained at Corinth: but I left Troph’i-mus sick at the city of Mi-le’tus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_timothy/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />Erastus stopped in Qorinthus, but Trophimus I left while he was sick in the city of Miletus.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/2_timothy/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Erastus remained at Corinth. I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/2_timothy/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Erastus remained in Corinth: and I left Trophimus in Miletum sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/2_timothy/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Erastus hath abode at Corinth: but Trophimus I left behind me at Miletum sick.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/2_timothy/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />Erastus staid at Corinth: but Trophimus I left sick at Miletum.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_timothy/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Erastus stayed in Corinth; Trophimus I left behind me at Miletus, ill.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/2_timothy/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Erastus abode in Corinth; but Trophimus I left in Miletus sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/2_timothy/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />Erastus staid at Corinth, and I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_timothy/4-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FxoCLii8Z48?start=733" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_timothy/4.htm">Final Greetings</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19</span>Greet Prisca and Aquila, as well as the household of Onesiphorus. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2037.htm" title="2037: Erastos (N-NMS) -- Erastus, steward of Corinth, a Christian. From erao; beloved; Erastus, a Christian.">Erastus</a> <a href="/greek/3306.htm" title="3306: emeinen (V-AIA-3S) -- To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay.">has remained</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">at</a> <a href="/greek/2882.htm" title="2882: Korinthō (N-DFS) -- Corinthus, a city of Greece.">Corinth,</a> <a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">and</a> <a href="/greek/5161.htm" title="5161: Trophimon (N-AMS) -- Trophimus, a Christian of Ephesus in Asia. From trophe; nutritive; Trophimus, a Christian.">Trophimus</a> <a href="/greek/620.htm" title="620: apelipon (V-AIA-1S) -- From apo and leipo; to leave behind; by implication, to forsake.">I left</a> <a href="/greek/770.htm" title="770: asthenounta (V-PPA-AMS) -- To be weak (physically: then morally), To be sick. From asthenes; to be feeble.">sick</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3399.htm" title="3399: Milētō (N-DFS) -- Miletus, a city on the coast of the Roman province Asia. Of uncertain origin; Miletus, a city of Asia Minor.">Miletus.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">21</span>Make every effort to come to me before winter. Eubulus sends you greetings, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/20-4.htm">Acts 20:4</a></span><br />Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/16-23.htm">Romans 16:23</a></span><br />Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-14.htm">1 Corinthians 1:14</a></span><br />I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/19-22.htm">Acts 19:22</a></span><br />He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/18-1.htm">Acts 18:1-3</a></span><br />After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. / There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them, / and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/16-1.htm">Acts 16:1-3</a></span><br />Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father. / The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. / Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-14.htm">Acts 17:14-15</a></span><br />The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea. / Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-13.htm">Acts 13:13</a></span><br />After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-36.htm">Acts 15:36-41</a></span><br />Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.” / Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark. / But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/14-19.htm">Acts 14:19-20</a></span><br />Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead. / But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/9-30.htm">Acts 9:30</a></span><br />When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/11-25.htm">Acts 11:25-26</a></span><br />Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, / and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-22.htm">Acts 15:22</a></span><br />Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/18-18.htm">Acts 18:18-19</a></span><br />Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. / When they reached Ephesus, Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/21-29.htm">Acts 21:29</a></span><br />For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Erastus stayed at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.</p><p class="hdg">Erastus.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/19-22.htm">Acts 19:22</a></b></br> So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/16-23.htm">Romans 16:23</a></b></br> Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.</p><p class="hdg">Trophimus.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/20-4.htm">Acts 20:4</a></b></br> And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/21-29.htm">Acts 21:29</a></b></br> (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)</p><p class="hdg">Miletum.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/20-15.htm">Acts 20:15,17</a></b></br> And we sailed thence, and came the next <i>day</i> over against Chios; and the next <i>day</i> we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next <i>day</i> we came to Miletus… </p><p class="hdg">Miletus.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/philippians/2-26.htm">Philippians 2:26,27</a></b></br> For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ephesians/2-22.htm">Abode</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-14.htm">Corinth</a> <a href="/romans/16-23.htm">Erastus</a> <a href="/romans/16-23.htm">Eras'tus</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-23.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-14.htm">Infirm</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-1.htm">Last</a> <a href="/acts/20-17.htm">Miletus</a> <a href="/acts/20-17.htm">Mile'tus</a> <a href="/philippians/2-27.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/acts/7-57.htm">Stopping</a> <a href="/acts/21-29.htm">Trophimus</a> <a href="/acts/21-29.htm">Troph'imus</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/james/4-5.htm">Abode</a> <a href="/acts/18-1.htm">Corinth</a> <a href="/acts/19-22.htm">Erastus</a> <a href="/acts/19-22.htm">Eras'tus</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-25.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/james/5-14.htm">Infirm</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-2.htm">Last</a> <a href="/acts/20-15.htm">Miletus</a> <a href="/acts/20-15.htm">Mile'tus</a> <a href="/james/5-14.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/exodus/5-5.htm">Stopping</a> <a href="/acts/20-4.htm">Trophimus</a> <a href="/acts/21-29.htm">Troph'imus</a><div class="vheading2">2 Timothy 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-1.htm">He exhorts him to preach the Word with all care and diligence;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-6.htm">certifies him of the nearness of his death;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-9.htm">wills him to come speedily unto him, and to bring Marcus with him;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-14.htm">warns him to beware of Alexander the metalworker.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-16.htm">informs him what had befallen him at his first answering;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-19.htm">and soon after he concludes.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_timothy/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_timothy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_timothy/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Erastus has remained at Corinth</b><br>Erastus is mentioned in several New Testament passages, indicating his significance in the early Christian community. In <a href="/romans/16-23.htm">Romans 16:23</a>, he is referred to as the city treasurer, suggesting a person of influence and responsibility in Corinth. Corinth was a major city in ancient Greece, known for its wealth and strategic location. The presence of Erastus in Corinth highlights the spread of Christianity into influential urban centers. His role as a city official may have facilitated the church's growth and provided a degree of protection or legitimacy. This mention underscores the diverse backgrounds of early Christians, from common laborers to city officials.<p><b>and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus</b><br>Trophimus was a Gentile believer from Ephesus, as noted in <a href="/acts/21-29.htm">Acts 21:29</a>, where his presence with Paul in Jerusalem caused a stir among the Jews. Miletus was a coastal city in Asia Minor, near Ephesus, and served as a significant port and trade center. Paul's decision to leave Trophimus sick in Miletus reflects the reality of human frailty and illness, even among faithful servants of God. It also indicates that miraculous healings were not always the norm, even in the apostolic age. This situation may have tested the faith and patience of both Trophimus and the early church, reminding believers of the importance of trusting God's sovereignty in all circumstances.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/erastus.htm">Erastus</a></b><br>A companion of Paul, possibly the city treasurer of Corinth mentioned in <a href="/romans/16-23.htm">Romans 16:23</a>. His staying in Corinth suggests his role was significant and possibly tied to his responsibilities there.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/trophimus.htm">Trophimus</a></b><br>A Gentile Christian from Ephesus who accompanied Paul on his journeys. His illness in Miletus highlights the reality of human frailty, even among the early church leaders.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/corinth.htm">Corinth</a></b><br>A major city in ancient Greece, known for its commerce and diverse population. It was a significant center for early Christian activity and the location where Erastus remained.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/miletus.htm">Miletus</a></b><br>An ancient city on the western coast of Asia Minor. It was a place where Paul had previously met with the Ephesian elders (<a href="/acts/20-17.htm">Acts 20:17-38</a>), and now it is noted as the place where Trophimus was left sick.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_human_frailty.htm">The Reality of Human Frailty</a></b><br>Trophimus's illness reminds us that even the most faithful servants of God are not immune to physical ailments. This encourages us to rely on God's strength in our weaknesses.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_ministry.htm">Faithfulness in Ministry</a></b><br>Erastus's decision to remain in Corinth suggests a commitment to his responsibilities. We are called to be faithful in the roles God has placed us in, whether they seem significant or mundane.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community.htm">The Importance of Community</a></b><br>The mention of these individuals highlights the interconnectedness of the early church. We are reminded of the importance of supporting one another in our spiritual journeys.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trusting_god's_timing.htm">Trusting God's Timing</a></b><br>Paul had to leave Trophimus sick in Miletus, indicating that sometimes God's plans differ from our desires. We must trust in His timing and purposes, even when they are not immediately clear.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_timothy_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Timothy 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_erastus_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Erastus in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_gaius_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Gaius in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_i_skip_church_if_i'm_sick.htm">Can I skip church if I'm feeling unwell?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_cessationism.htm">What is cessationism?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_timothy/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">Erastus abode at Corinth.</span>--Better rendered, <span class= "ital">remained at Corinth.</span> An Erastus is mentioned in <a href="/romans/16-23.htm" title="Gaius my host, and of the whole church, salutes you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city salutes you, and Quartus a brother.">Romans 16:23</a>, the "chamberlain" of Corinth, one of the Christian congregation of that city. This man was probably identical with him.<p>Another "Eastus" appears among those who ministered to St. Paul at Ephesus (<a href="/acts/19-22.htm" title="So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered to him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.">Acts 19:22</a>). Him St. Paul sent on missionary work into Macedonia. There were, therefore, among St. Paul's friends two men of this name: the one a resident official personage at Corinth; the other one of that band who journeyed hither and thither for the propagation of the faith.<p><span class= "bld">But Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.</span>--Trophimus, a Gentile Christian, who was with St. Paul on his third missionary journey, and whom the Apostle was accused of taking into the Temple at Jerusalem. It was this accusation on the part of the Jews which led to St. Paul's arrest which preceded his first long imprisonment. The event here alluded to must have taken place some time <span class= "ital">after</span> the Apostle's release from the first imprisonment, A.D. 63, and, probably, in the course of his last journey, shortly before his second arrest and imprisonment at Rome, about A.D. 66.<p><span class= "ital">Miletus</span> (not "Miletum"), a seaport of Caria, about thirty miles from Ephesus, once a city of great renown, whence, it is said, eighty colonies had proceeded; but in the days of St. Paul its glories were already on the wane. It is now famous only for its vast ruined theatre. (See <a href="/acts/20-15.htm" title="And we sailed there, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.">Acts 20:15</a>.)<p>It has been suggested that this mention of Trophimus was intended to clear him of any neglect. "Erastus," wrote the Apostle, "remained at Corinth; <span class= "ital">but</span> Trophimus' reason for not coming to Rome was his sickness."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_timothy/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 20.</span> - <span class="accented">I left</span> for <span class="accented">have I left</span>, A.V.; <span class="accented">Miletus</span> for <span class="accented">Miletum</span>, A.V. <span class="cmt_word">Erastus abode at Corinth.</span> We learn from <a href="/romans/16-3.htm">Romans 16:3</a> that Erastus was the chamberlain of Corinth, which accounts for his abiding there, he was one of St. Paul's companions in his missionary journey, and we learn from <a href="/acts/19-22.htm">Acts 19:22</a> that he was sent by St. Paul with Timothy into Macedonia just before the great riot at Ephesus. The mention of him here clearly indicates that St. Paul had gone from Troas, where he left his cloke, to Corinth on his way to Rome. <span class="cmt_word">Trophimus</span> is first mentioned in <a href="/acts/20-4.htm">Acts 20:4</a>, where we learn that he was an Asiatic, and more definitely in <a href="/acts/21-29.htm">Acts 21:29</a>, that he was an Ephesian. He had travelled with St. Paul's party from Macedonia to Troas, and thence to Miletus and Jerusalem, where we lose sight of him till we find him again in this passage journeying towards Rome with St. Paul and others, but stopped at Miletus by sickness. <span class="accented">Miletus</span>, not <span class="accented">Miletum</span>, is the correct form. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_timothy/4-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Erastus</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἔραστος</span> <span class="translit">(Erastos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2037.htm">Strong's 2037: </a> </span><span class="str2">Erastus, steward of Corinth, a Christian. From erao; beloved; Erastus, a Christian.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has remained</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔμεινεν</span> <span class="translit">(emeinen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3306.htm">Strong's 3306: </a> </span><span class="str2">To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Corinth,</span><br /><span class="grk">Κορίνθῳ</span> <span class="translit">(Korinthō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2882.htm">Strong's 2882: </a> </span><span class="str2">Corinthus, a city of Greece.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">δὲ</span> <span class="translit">(de)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle; but, and, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Trophimus</span><br /><span class="grk">Τρόφιμον</span> <span class="translit">(Trophimon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5161.htm">Strong's 5161: </a> </span><span class="str2">Trophimus, a Christian of Ephesus in Asia. From trophe; nutritive; Trophimus, a Christian.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I left</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀπέλιπον</span> <span class="translit">(apelipon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_620.htm">Strong's 620: </a> </span><span class="str2">From apo and leipo; to leave behind; by implication, to forsake.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sick</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀσθενοῦντα</span> <span class="translit">(asthenounta)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_770.htm">Strong's 770: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be weak (physically: then morally), To be sick. From asthenes; to be feeble.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Miletus.</span><br /><span class="grk">Μιλήτῳ</span> <span class="translit">(Milētō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3399.htm">Strong's 3399: </a> </span><span class="str2">Miletus, a city on the coast of the Roman province Asia. Of uncertain origin; Miletus, a city of Asia Minor.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_timothy/4-20.htm">2 Timothy 4:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_timothy/4-20.htm">2 Timothy 4:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_timothy/4-20.htm">2 Timothy 4:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_timothy/4-20.htm">2 Timothy 4:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_timothy/4-20.htm">2 Timothy 4:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_timothy/4-20.htm">2 Timothy 4:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_timothy/4-20.htm">2 Timothy 4:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_timothy/4-20.htm">2 Timothy 4:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_timothy/4-20.htm">2 Timothy 4:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_timothy/4-20.htm">2 Timothy 4:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_timothy/4-20.htm">NT Letters: 2 Timothy 4:20 Erastus remained at Corinth but I left (2 Tim. 2Ti iiTi ii Tim) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_timothy/4-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Timothy 4:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Timothy 4:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_timothy/4-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Timothy 4:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Timothy 4:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>