² preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; ^(A)reprove, rebuke, and ^(B)exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

¹⁵ Declare these things; exhort and ^(A)rebuke with all authority. ^(B)Let no one disregard you.

¹⁴ And we urge you, brothers, admonish ^(A)the idle,^{[a] (B)}encourage the fainthearted, ^(C)help the weak, ^(D)be patient with them all.

¹³ Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.

¹³ This testimony is true. Therefore ^(A)rebuke them ^(B)sharply, that they ^(C)may be sound in the faith,

²⁰ As for those who persist in sin, ^(A)rebuke them in the presence of all, ^(B)so that the rest may stand in fear.

^19 (A)Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.

All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God

^10 (A)You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness,

²¹ Therefore, ^(A)if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable,^[a] he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ^(B)ready for every good work.

¹⁵ Practice these things, immerse yourself in them,^[a] so that ^(A)all may see your progress. ^16 (B)Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save ^(C)both yourself and ^(D)your hearers.