4I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge^bc the living and the dead,^bd and because of his appearing and his kingdom:^be ²Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience and teaching. ³For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine,^bf but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear what they want to hear. ⁴They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.^a ⁵But as for you, exercise self-control in everything, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist,^b fulfill your ministry.

⁶For I am already being poured out as a drink offering,^c and the time for my departure is close. ⁷I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. ⁸There is reserved for me the crown^d of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge,^e will give me on that day, and not only to me, but to all those who have loved his appearing.^A^f

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2 Timothy 4:2: … preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

Footnotes

AOr have longed for his appearing

Cross references

bc Jn 5:22–30; Rm 5:18; 1Pt 4:5
bd Jn 5:25; Rm 14:9; 1Pt 4:5; Rv 18:8; 19:11
be Mk 1:15; Ac 20:25
bf Rm 15:4
a 1Tm 1:4; 4:7; Ti 1:14; 2Pt 1:16
b Ac 21:8; Eph 4:11
c Gn 35:14; Php 2:17
d Jn 15:17; Rv 12:1
e Lk 18:2,6; Jn 5:22–30; Ac 10:42; Heb 12:23
f Ti 2:13; 1Jn 2:28