2 Timothy 4:20
20 Erastus [Erastos] abode [meno] at [en] Corinth: [Korinthos] but [de] Trophimus [Trophimos] have I left [apoleipo] at [en] Miletum [Miletos] sick. [astheneo] KJV-Interlinear
20 Erastus remained at Corinth, but Trophimus I left sick at
Miletus. NASB
The
Erastus who remained at Corinth was referred to as the city treasurer of Corinth,
and had also sent greetings through Paul to the church at Rome, Rom 16:23. He is most likely the same man that Paul sent
with Timothy to Macedonia, Acts 19:22.
Trophimus
was a native of the province of Asia, in the city of Ephesus, and had
accompanied Paul from Greece to Troas, Acts 20:1-6. He helped carry the offering to the church in
Jerusalem, where he was the unintentional cause of Paul's arrest for bringing a
Gentile into the temple, Acts 21:29. On
his trip to Rome, Paul with sadness had to leave him sick at Miletus.
It
is important to note that Paul made no effort himself to heal Trophimus, who was
present at the late-night service in Troas when Paul miraculously restored life
to Eutychus, a young man who went to sleep during the sermon and fell out a
window to his death, Acts 20:9-10.
Paul
possessed the gift of healing, and certainly would have healed his close
friend, unless he lacked that gift.
This
is important because, this was a sign that the gifts given to the apostles,
were coming to an end.
There
is no evidence that any of the apostles, including Paul, performed miracles of
any sort during their later years.
As
more and more of the New Testament was revealed and made available to the
church, God's Word no longer needed the verification of miracles, and thus they
gradually disappeared having accomplished their purpose of establishing the
credentials of the apostles.
Eventually
all of the gifts given, because they were temporary, were removed, and since
that first century, have not existed since.
So, beware of those who say that they possess such gifts (healing,
tongues, resistance to poisons, etc) because those gifts no longer exist, and
have not, for over 1900 years and counting.
The
miracle gifts that have come into existence since the early 1800’s, all false, have
become more and more sophisticated and certainly fit the pattern of false
prophets and false doctrines, and leading astray techniques, that will be the
pattern of the latter period or our dispensation.
Those
who lack doctrine, will be easily fooled, because the lack of doctrine in the soul,
and that also makes people lacking not only in truth, but lacking in the common
coping skills of normal day to day life.
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