⁵And thou—watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance, ⁶for I am already being poured out, and the time of my release hath arrived; ⁷the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept, ⁸henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord—the Righteous Judge—shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.

⁹Be diligent to come unto me quickly, ¹⁰for Demas forsook me, having loved the present age, and went on to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia, ¹¹Lukas only is with me; Markus having taken, bring with thyself, for he is profitable to me for ministration; ¹²and Tychicus I sent to Ephesus; ¹³the cloak that I left in Troas with Carpus, coming, bring thou and the books—especially the parchments. ¹⁴Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; may the Lord repay to him according to his works, ¹⁵of whom also do thou beware, for greatly hath he stood against our words.

¹⁶In my first defence no one stood with me, but all forsook me, (may it not be reckoned to them!) ¹⁷and the Lord stood by me, and did strengthen me, that through me the preaching might be fully assured, and all the nations might hear, and I was freed out of the mouth of a lion, ¹⁸and the Lord shall free me from every evil work, and shall save me—to his heavenly kingdom; to whom is the glory to the ages of the ages! 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.

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