2 Timothy 4:1-7

English Standard Version

Preach the Word

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

⁶For ^(N)I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my ^(O)departure has come. ⁷^(P)I have fought the good fight, ^(Q)I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.