2 Timothy 3:10-4:8

Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁰ But you ^(A)followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, ^(B)love, ^[a]perseverance, ^11 (C)persecutions, and ^(D)sufferings, such as happened to me at ^(E)Antioch, at ^(F)Iconium, and at ^(G)Lystra. What ^(H)persecutions I endured, and out of them all ^(I)the Lord rescued me! ¹² Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus ^(J)will be persecuted.

¹³ But evil men and impostors ^(K)will proceed from bad to worse, ^(L)deceiving and being deceived.

¹⁴ But you, ^(M)continue in the things you learned and became convinced of, knowing from whom you learned them, ¹⁵ and that ^(N)from childhood you have known ^(O)the sacred writings which are able to ^(P)make you wise unto ^(Q)salvation through faith which is in ^(R)Christ Jesus. ^16 (S)All Scripture is ^[b]God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for ^[c]training in righteousness, ¹⁷ so that ^(T)the man of God may be equipped, having been ^(U)thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Preach the Word

4 ^(V)I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to ^(W)judge the living and the dead, and by His ^(X)appearing and His kingdom: ² preach ^(Y)the word; be ready in season and out of season; ^(Z)reprove, rebuke, exhort, with ^[d]great ^(AA)patience and teaching. ³ For ^(AB)the time will come when they will not endure ^(AC)sound doctrine, but wanting to have ^[e]their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, ⁴ and ^(AD)will turn away their ears from the truth and ^(AE)will turn aside to myths.

⁵ But you, ^(AF)be sober in all things, ^(AG)endure hardship, do the work of an ^(AH)evangelist, fulfill your ^(AI)ministry.

⁶ For I am already being ^(AJ)poured out as a drink offering, and the time of ^(AK)my departure has come. ^7 (AL)I have fought the good fight, I have finished ^(AM)the course, I have kept ^(AN)the faith. ⁸ In the future there ^(AO)is laid up for me ^(AP)the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on ^(AQ)that day, and not only to me, but also to ^(AR)all who have loved His ^(AS)appearing.