2 Timothy 4:12 (GNV)

Passage

And Tychicus haue I sent to Ephesus.

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 4:10 For Demas hath forsaken me, and hath embraced this present world, and is departed vnto Thessalonica. Crescens is gone to Galatia, Titus vnto Dalmatia.

2 Timothy 4:11 Onely Luke is with me. Take Marke and bring him with thee: for he is profitable vnto me to minister.

2 Timothy 4:12 And Tychicus haue I sent to Ephesus.

2 Timothy 4:13 The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou commest, bring with thee, and the bookes, but specially the parchments.

2 Timothy 4:14 Alexander the coppersmith hath done me much euill: the Lord rewarde him according to his workes.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "tychicus", "haue", "sent", and "ephesus". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "tychicus" and "haue", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Onely Luke is with me Take Marke..." into verse 13's "The cloke that I left at Troas...", so "tychicus" and "haue" 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 "tychicus" and "haue" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.