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. ³^mFor 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.

⁶For ^uI am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my ^vdeparture has come. ⁷^wI have fought the good fight, ^xI have finished the race, I have kept the faith. ⁸Henceforth there is ^ylaid up for me ^zthe crown of righteousness, which the Lord, ^athe righteous judge, will award to me on ^bthat day, and not only to me but also to all ^cwho have loved his appearing.

Personal Instructions

⁹^dDo your best to come to me soon. ¹⁰For ^eDemas, ^fin love with ^gthis present world, ^hhas deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia,² ⁱTitus to Dalmatia. ¹¹^hLuke alone is with me. Get ^jMark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry. ¹²^kTychicus I have sent to Ephesus. ¹³When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments. ¹⁴^lAlexander the coppersmith did me great harm; ^mthe Lord will repay him according to his deeds. ¹⁵Beware of him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message. ¹⁶At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. ⁿMay it not be charged against them! ¹⁷But ^othe Lord stood by me and ^pstrengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and ^qall the Gentiles might hear it. So ^rI was rescued ^sfrom the lion’s mouth. ¹⁸The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. ^tTo him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Final Greetings

¹⁹Greet ^uPrisca and Aquila, and ^vthe household of Onesiphorus. ²⁰Erastus remained at Corinth, and I left ^wTrophimus, who was ill, at Miletus. ²¹^xDo your best to come before winter. Eubulus sends greetings to you, as do Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brothers.³

²²The Lord be ^ywith your spirit. ^zGrace be with you.⁴

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Footnotes

1Or healthy
2Some manuscripts Gaul
3Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
4The Greek for you is plural

Cross references

hch. 2:14; 1 Tim. 5:21; 6:13
iSee Acts 10:42
jver. 8; See 2 Thess. 2:8
k 1 Tim. 5:20; Titus 1:13; 2:15
l 1 Tim. 4:13
mch. 3:1
nSee 1 Tim. 1:10
oSee 1 Tim. 6:20
pSee 1 Tim. 1; 4, 6
q 1 Pet. 1:13
rch. 1:8; 2:3, 9
s Acts 21:8; Eph. 4:11
t Col. 4:17
u Phil. 2:17
v Phil. 1:23; [2 Pet. 1:14]
wSee 1 Tim. 6:12
x Acts 20:24
y Col. 1:5; 1 Pet. 1:4
zSee James 1:12
a Ps. 7:11
bch. 1:12
c[Rev. 22:20]
dch. 1:4
e Col. 4:14; Philem. 24
fSee 1 John 2:15
g 1 Tim. 6:17; Titus 2:12
h[ch. 1:15]
i[Titus 3:12]
h[See ver. 10 above]
jSee Acts 12:12
k Acts 20:4; Eph. 6:21; Col. 4:7; Titus 3:12
lSee 1 Tim. 1:20
m Ps. 62:12; Prov. 24:12; [Neh. 6:14; 13:29; Ps. 28:4; Rev. 18:6]
n[Acts 7:60]
o Acts 23:11; 27:23; [Matt. 10:19]
pSee 1 Tim. 1:12
qSee Acts 9:15
rch. 3:11
s Ps. 22:21; [1 Sam. 17:37]
tSee Rom. 11:36
uSee Acts 18:2
vch. 1:16
w Acts 20:4; 21:29
xver. 9
y Gal. 6:18; Philem. 25
zSee Col. 4:18