2 Timothy 4:21 (LSB)

Passage

Be diligent to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, also Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brothers.

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 4:19 Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

2 Timothy 4:20 Erastus remained at Corinth, but Trophimus I left sick at Miletus.

2 Timothy 4:21 Be diligent to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, also Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brothers.

2 Timothy 4:22 The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with all of you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "diligent", "come", "before", "winter", "eubulus", "greets", "pudens", and "linus". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "diligent" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "Erastus remained at Corinth but Trophimus I..." into verse 22's "The Lord be with your spirit Grace...", so "diligent" and "come" 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 "diligent" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.