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2 Timothy 4:2

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4:2Preach the message,1 be ready2 whether it is convenient or not,3 reprove, rebuke, exhort4 with complete patience and instruction.

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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

  1. 1 Or “the word.”
  2. 2 Or “be persistent.”
  3. 3 Grk “in season, out of season.”
  4. 4 Or “encourage.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience and teaching.

NLTNew Living Translation

Preach the word of God. Be prepared, whether the time is favorable or not. Patiently correct, rebuke, and encourage your people with good teaching.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

preach the word, be ready in season and out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all patience and instruction.

KJV 1900King James Version

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.