⁶For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is imminent. ⁷I have fought the good fight, I have completed the race, I have kept the faith. ⁸Finally, the crown of righteousness is reserved for me, that the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but also to all who have loved his appearing.

Final Instructions to Timothy

⁹Make haste to come to me quickly. ¹⁰For Demas deserted me, because he^* loved the present age, and went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia; Titus went to Dalmatia. ¹¹Luke alone is with me. Take along Mark and^* bring him with you, because he is useful to me for ministry. ¹²But I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. ¹³When you^* come, bring the cloak that I left behind in Troas with Carpus, and the scrolls, especially the parchments. ¹⁴Alexander the metalworker did me much harm; may the Lord pay back to him according to his deeds, ¹⁵against whom you also be on guard, because he vehemently opposed our words. ¹⁶At my first defense, no one came to my aid, but they all deserted me; may it not be counted against them. ¹⁷But the Lord helped me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fulfilled and all the Gentiles might hear, and he rescued me from the lion’s mouth. ¹⁸The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will save me for his heavenly kingdom, to whom be the glory forever and ever^b. Amen.

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2 Timothy 4:8: Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.

Footnotes

*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“loved”) which is understood as causal
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“take along”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“come”) which is understood as temporal
bLiterally “to the ages of the ages”