2 Timothy 4:19-22·~1 min
Final Greetings
Paul sends greetings to Prisca and Aquila and to the household of Onesiphorus, notes that Erastus remained in Corinth and Trophimus was left sick at Miletus, and again urges Timothy to come before winter. The letter closes with the prayer that the Lord be with Timothy's spirit and that grace be with them all.
G19reet Prisca and Aquila, as well as the household of Onesiphorus. 20Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus. 21Make every effort to come to me before winter. 22The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.
Section summaryPaul closes with greetings to Prisca, Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus, and gives a few final updates about Erastus and Trophimus. He again urges Timothy to come before winter, then ends simply: the Lord be with Timothy's spirit, and grace be with them all.
Role in the chapterThis final section brings the letter back into the ordinary textures of relationship and presence. It closes the last charge not with rhetoric, but with remembered people, urgency, and grace.