2 Timothy 4:10

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

Literal

…for Demas deserted me, having loved the present age, and he went to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

Latin

Crescens in Galatiam, Titus in Dalmatiam.

Original

Greek

English

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

Notes

2 Timothy 4:10

Demas: See Colossians 4:14; Philemon 1:24.
deserted: Also see 2 Timothy 4:16–17; compare Psalm 22:1; Mark 15:34.
love of this world: This contrasts with awaiting Christ’s glorious return (2 Timothy 4:8).
Crescens is otherwise unknown. The absence of Crescens and Titus seems to have increased Paul’s isolation.
Titus was Paul’s effective and reliable fellow worker. He might have gone to Dalmatia (northwest of modern-day Greece) on a mission for Paul.

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul) Titus

Related verses

1 John 2:15–16
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
2 Timothy 1:15
You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
Colossians 4:14–15
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.
1 John 5:4–5
…because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
Acts 16:6
After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.
2 Corinthians 2:13
I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
Philemon 1:24
…as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
Philippians 2:21
For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
Luke 14:26–27
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
2 Timothy 4:16
At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
2 Corinthians 7:6
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
1 Timothy 6:17
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

People

Crescens: Companion of Paul who went to Galatia Demas: Companion of Paul who later deserted him Titus: Gentile convert and companion of Paul

Places

Dalmatia: Region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea Galatia: A region in Asia Minor, recipient of Paul's epistle Thessalonica: Macedonian city, site of an early Christian church

Glossary

Backsliding Crescens Dalmatia Demas Galatia John Mark Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven Paul the Apostle Perseverance Timothy, Second Letter to Titus (Person) Titus, Letter to

Topics

Apostasy: Caused by Worldliness Apostates: A Worldly Spirit Tends to Make Backsliders: Demas Backsliders: General Scriptures Concerning Covetousness: Demas in Forsaking Paul for Love of the World Crescens: A Disciple with Paul at Rome Dalmatia: A Country on the Eastern Shore of the Adriatic Sea Demas: Deserts Paul Illyricum: Visited by Titus Thessalonica: Demas Goes To Titus with Paul in Rome, with the Postscript To Titus: Goes to Dalmatia

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