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Hebrews 13:23

Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.

KJV

γινώσκετε τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν Τιμόθεον ἀπολελυμένον, μεθ’ οὗ ἐὰν τάχιον ἔρχηται ὄψομαι ὑμᾶς.

Greek NT

Cognoscite fratrem nostrum Timotheum dimissum : cum quo (si celerius venerit) videbo vos.

Vulgate

Know ye that our brother Timothy hath been set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.

ASV

Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty: with whom (if he come shortly) I will see you.

Douay-Rheims

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People Timothy

In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Τιμόθεος
timotheos
noun · 24×
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
τάχιον
tachion
adverb · 5×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἀπολύω
apoluo
verb · 67×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: ἡμῶν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἡμῶν
  • ἡμῶνSBLGNT
  • ἡμῶνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Anarchy is an evil, and the occasion of many calamities, and the source of disorder and confusion. For as, if you take away the leader from a chorus, the chorus will not be in tune and in order; and if from a phalanx of an army thou remove the commander, the evolutions will no longer be made in time and order, and if from a ship thou take away the helmsman, you will sink the…

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 3:2 — And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
  • 1Tim 6:12 — Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
  • Acts 16:1 — Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
  • Phil 1:1 — Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
  • Phlm 1:1 — Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,