2 Timothy 4:9

σπούδασον ἐλθεῖν πρός με ταχέως. Use diligence (cp. 2 Timothy 2:15; 2 Timothy 4:21; Titus 3:12) to come to me speedily, sc. as explained in 2 Timothy 4:21 πρὸ χειμῶνος. St Paul seems to contemplate that Timothy will come, not by the high seas, but (as appears from 2 Timothy 4:13) by way of Troas, Philippi, the great Egnatian road from Philippi to Dyrrachium, and thence across to Brundisium. This desire to see Timothy again was probably the immediate occasion of the letter being written.