2 Timothy 3:14–4:5

¹⁴But as for you, ^zcontinue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom¹ you learned it ¹⁵and how ^afrom childhood you have been acquainted with ^bthe sacred writings, ^cwhich are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. ^16dAll Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, ¹⁷that ^ethe man of God² may be complete, ^fequipped ^gfor every good work.

Preach the Word

4^hI charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, ⁱwho is to judge the living and the dead, and by ^jhis appearing and his kingdom: ²preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; ^kreprove, rebuke, and ^lexhort, with complete patience and teaching. ^3mFor the time is coming when people will not endure ⁿsound¹ teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, ⁴and ^owill turn away from listening to the truth and ^pwander off into myths. ⁵But as for you, ^qalways be sober-minded, ^rendure suffering, do the work of ^san evangelist, ^tfulfill your ministry.