2 Timothy 4:1-5 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: 2 preach 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, 4 and (H)will turn away from listening to the truth and (I)wander off into myths. 5 But as for you, (J)always be sober-minded, (K)endure suffering, do the work of (L)an evangelist, (M)fulfill your ministry.
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- 2 Timothy 4:3 Or healthy
Cross references
- 2 Timothy 4:1 : ch. 2:14; 1 Tim. 5:21; 6:13
- 2 Timothy 4:1 : See Acts 10:42
- 2 Timothy 4:1 : ver. 8; See 2 Thess. 2:8
- 2 Timothy 4:2 : 1 Tim. 5:20; Titus 1:13; 2:15
- 2 Timothy 4:2 : 1 Tim. 4:13
- 2 Timothy 4:3 : ch. 3:1
- 2 Timothy 4:3 : See 1 Tim. 1:10
- 2 Timothy 4:4 : See 1 Tim. 6:20
- 2 Timothy 4:4 : See 1 Tim. 1:4, 6
- 2 Timothy 4:5 : 1 Pet. 1:13
- 2 Timothy 4:5 : ch. 1:8; 2:3, 9
- 2 Timothy 4:5 : Acts 21:8; Eph. 4:11
- 2 Timothy 4:5 : Col. 4:17
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