2 Timothy 4

Chapter 4

“Preach the Word”

^1aI solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to ^bjudge the living and the dead, and by His ^cappearing and His kingdom:

²preach ^athe word; be ready in season and out of season; ^breprove, rebuke, exhort, with ¹great ^cpatience and instruction.

³For ^athe time will come when they will not endure ^bsound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,

⁴and ^awill turn away their ears from the truth and ^bwill turn aside to myths.

⁵But you, ^abe sober in all things, ^bendure hardship, do the work of an ^cevangelist, fulfill your ^dministry.

⁶For I am already being ^apoured out as a drink offering, and the time of ^bmy departure has come.

^7aI have fought the good fight, I have finished ^bthe course, I have kept ^cthe faith;

⁸in the future there ^ais laid up for me ^bthe crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on ^cthat day; and not only to me, but also to ^dall who have loved His ^eappearing.

Personal Concerns

^9aMake every effort to come to me soon;

¹⁰for ^aDemas, having loved ^bthis present ¹world, has deserted me and gone to ^cThessalonica; Crescens has gone to ^2dGalatia, ^eTitus to Dalmatia.

^11aOnly ^bLuke is with me. Pick up ^cMark and bring him with you, ^dfor he is useful to me for service.

¹²But ^aTychicus I have sent to ^bEphesus.

¹³When you come bring the cloak which I left at ^aTroas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments.

^14aAlexander the coppersmith did me much harm; ^bthe Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

¹⁵Be on guard against him yourself, for he vigorously opposed our ¹teaching.

¹⁶At my first defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; ^amay it not be counted against them.

¹⁷But the Lord stood with me and ^astrengthened me, so that through me ^bthe proclamation might ¹be ^cfully accomplished, and that all ^dthe Gentiles might hear; and I was ^erescued out of ^fthe lion’s mouth.

¹⁸The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will ^1abring me safely to His ^bheavenly kingdom; ^cto ²Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

¹⁹Greet Prisca and ^aAquila, and ^bthe household of Onesiphorus.

^20aErastus remained at ^bCorinth, but ^cTrophimus I left sick at ^dMiletus.

^21aMake every effort to come before ^bwinter. Eubulus greets you, also Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren.

^22aThe Lord be with your spirit. ^bGrace be with you.