2Ti 4:10 | TNotes | STEP | 4:10 Demas: See Col 4:14 ; Phlm 1:24 . • deserted: See also 2 Tim 4:16-17 ; cp. Ps 22:1 ; Mark 15:34 . • Loving the things of this life contrasts with the anticipation of Christ’s glorious return (2 Tim 4:8 ). • Crescens is otherwise unknown; his and Titus’s absence seems to have heightened Paul’s isolation. • Titus was Paul’s effective and reliable co-worker. Perhaps he had gone to Dalmatia (northwest of modern-day Greece) on a mission for Paul.

bCol 4:14►

cPhlm 1:24►

d2 Tim 4:16-17►

ePs 22:1►

fMark 15:34►

g2 Tim 4:8►

‏ 2 Timothy 4:10

4:10 ^a Demas: See Col 4:14 ^b; Phlm 1:24 ^c.

• deserted: See also 2 Tim 4:16-17 ^d; cp. Ps 22:1 ^e; Mark 15:34 ^f.

• Loving the things of this life contrasts with the anticipation of Christ’s glorious return (2 Tim 4:8 ^g).

• Crescens is otherwise unknown; his and Titus’s absence seems to have heightened Paul’s isolation.

• Titus was Paul’s effective and reliable co-worker. Perhaps he had gone to Dalmatia (northwest of modern-day Greece) on a mission for Paul.