2 Timothy 4:9 (DRB)

Passage

For Demas hath left me, loving this world, and is gone to Thessalonica:

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight: I have finished my course: I have kept the faith.

2 Timothy 4:8 As to the rest, there is laid up for me a crown of justice which the Lord the just judge will render to me in that day: and not only to me, but to them also that love his coming. Make haste to come to me quickly.

2 Timothy 4:9 For Demas hath left me, loving this world, and is gone to Thessalonica:

2 Timothy 4:10 Crescens into Galatia, Titus into Dalmatia.

2 Timothy 4:11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "world", "demas", "hath", "left", "loving", "gone", and "thessalonica". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "world" and "demas", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "As to the rest there is laid..." into verse 10's "Crescens into Galatia Titus into Dalmatia...", so "world" and "demas" belong inside that flow. In 2 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "world" and "demas" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.