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2 Timothy 4:13
When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul writes to Timothy from confinement, directing him to retrieve personal items upon his arrival. This instruction follows the dispatch of Tychicus to Ephesus and precedes the warning regarding Alexander the coppersmith.
The words — The text commands Timothy to bring a phailōnēn (cloak) and membrana (parchments) that Paul apelipon (left) para Karpō (with Carpus) in Troas. These terms identify a heavy outer garment and rolled writing materials held under another person's custody.
The thread — The port of Troas functions as a transit location in Acts 16:8 and Acts 16:11. The explicit need for outer clothing corresponds to the material deprivation recorded in 1 Corinthians 4:11.
Why it lands — The verse records a direct logistical request for a cloak and writing materials, establishing that apostolic work continues amid tangible deprivation. It requires Timothy to obey a specific retrieval order, demonstrating that spiritual instruction operates through concrete, physical arrangements.
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The Greek words
King James Version
The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.
Cross-references
- Acts 16:8 So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.
- Acts 16:11 We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.
- 1 Corinthians 4:11 To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
- 2 Corinthians 11:27 in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
- Acts 20:5 These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.