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Erastus remained at Corinth, but I left Trophimus at Miletus sick.
2 Timothy 4:20 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
  • BSB Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus.
  • NKJV Erastus stayed in Corinth, but Trophimus I have left in Miletus sick.
  • NASB Erastus remained at Corinth, but I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.
  • NLT Erastus stayed at Corinth, and I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 7

  • Acts 20:4These accompanied him as far as Asia: Sopater of Beroea; Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians; Gaius of Derbe; Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.
  • Acts 19:22Having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
  • Acts 21:29For they had seen Trophimus, the Ephesian, with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
  • Phil 2:26–27since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.
  • Acts 20:15Sailing from there, we came the following day opposite Chios. The next day we touched at Samos and stayed at Trogyllium, and the day after we came to Miletus.
  • Rom 16:23Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.
  • Acts 20:17From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the assembly.

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