4I ^acharge you ¹therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, ^bwho will judge the living and the dead ²at His appearing and His kingdom: ²Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. ^cConvince, ^drebuke, ^eexhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. ³^fFor the time will come when they will not endure ^gsound doctrine, ^hbut according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; ⁴and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and ⁱbe turned aside to fables. ⁵But you be watchful in all things, ^jendure afflictions, do the work of ^kan evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

Paul’s Valedictory

⁶For ^lI am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of ^mmy departure is at hand. ⁷ⁿI have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. ⁸Finally, there is laid up for me ^othe crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous ^pJudge, will give to me ^qon that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

The Abandoned Apostle

⁹Be diligent to come to me quickly; ¹⁰for ^rDemas has forsaken me, ^shaving loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica—Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia. ¹¹Only Luke is with me. Get ^tMark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry. ¹²And ^uTychicus I have sent to Ephesus. ¹³Bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas when you come—and the books, especially the parchments.

¹⁴^vAlexander the coppersmith did me much harm. May the Lord repay him according to his works. ¹⁵You also must beware of him, for he has greatly resisted our words.

¹⁶At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. ^wMay it not be charged against them.

The Lord is Faithful

¹⁷^xBut the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, ^yso that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered ^zout of the mouth of the lion. ¹⁸^aAnd the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. ^bTo Him be glory forever and ever. Amen!

Come Before Winter

¹⁹Greet ^cPrisca and Aquila, and the household of ^dOnesiphorus. ²⁰^eErastus stayed in Corinth, but ^fTrophimus I have left in Miletus sick.

²¹Do your utmost to come before winter.

Eubulus greets you, as well as Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brethren.

Farewell

²²The Lord ³Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

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Footnotes

1NU omits therefore
2NU and by
3NU omits Jesus Christ

Cross references

a 1 Tim. 5:21; 2 Tim. 4:1
b Acts 10:42
c Titus 2:15
d 1 Tim. 5:20; Titus 1:13; 2:15
e 1 Tim. 4:13
f 2 Tim. 3:1
g 1 Tim. 1:10; 2 Tim. 1:13
h Is. 30:9–11; Jer. 5:30, 31; 2 Tim. 3:6
i 1 Tim. 1:4
j 2 Tim. 1:8
k Acts 21:8
l Phil. 2:17
m[Phil. 1:23]; 2 Pet. 1:14
n 1 Cor. 9:24–27; Phil. 3:13, 14
o[1 Cor. 9:25; 2 Tim. 2:5]; James 1:12
p John 5:22
q 2 Tim. 1:12
r Col. 4:14; Philem. 24
s 1 John 2:15
t Acts 12:12, 25; 15:37–39; Col. 4:10
u Acts 20:4; Eph. 6:21, 22; Col. 4:7; Titus 3:12
v Acts 19:33; 1 Tim. 1:20
w Acts 7:60; [1 Cor. 13:5]
x Deut. 31:6; Acts 23:11
y Acts 9:15; Phil. 1:12
z 1 Sam. 17:37; Ps. 22:21
a Ps. 121:7; [2 Pet. 2:9]
b Rom. 11:36; Gal. 1:5; Heb. 13:21; 2 Pet. 3:18
c Acts 18:2; Rom. 16:3
d 2 Tim. 1:16
e Acts 19:22; Rom. 16:23
f Acts 20:4; 21:29