2 Timothy 3:16-4:8

English Standard Version

^16 (A)All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, ¹⁷ that ^(B)the man of God^[a] may be complete, ^(C)equipped ^(D)for every good work.

Preach the Word

4 ^(E)I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, ^(F)who is to judge the living and the dead, and by ^(G)his appearing and his kingdom: ² preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; ^(H)reprove, rebuke, and ^(I)exhort, with complete patience and teaching. ^3 (J)For the time is coming when people will not endure ^(K)sound^[b] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, ⁴ and ^(L)will turn away from listening to the truth and ^(M)wander off into myths. ⁵ As for you, ^(N)always be sober-minded, ^(O)endure suffering, do the work of ^(P)an evangelist, ^(Q)fulfill your ministry.

⁶ For ^(R)I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my ^(S)departure has come. ^7 (T)I have fought the good fight, ^(U)I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. ⁸ Henceforth there is ^(V)laid up for me ^(W)the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, ^(X)the righteous judge, will award to me on ^(Y)that day, and not only to me but also to all ^(Z)who have loved his appearing.