² Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience and teaching.

¹⁶ Pay close attention to your life and your teaching; persevere in these things, for in doing this you will save^(A) both yourself and your hearers.^(B)

¹⁶ For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am compelled to preach^[a]—and woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

²⁵ Therefore, putting away^(A) lying, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor,^[a](B) because we are members of one another.