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I solemnly charge diamartyromai you in the presence enōpion of ho God theos and kai Christ Christos Jesus Iēsous, who ho is about mellō to judge krinō the living zaō and kai the dead nekros, and kai by ho his autos appearing epiphaneia and kai by ho his autos kingdom basileia: preach kēryssō the ho word logos. Be prepared ephistēmi when it is opportune eukairōs or inopportune akairōs; confront elenchō, rebuke epitimaō, and exhort parakaleō, with en complete pas patience makrothumia and kai teaching didachē. For gar a time kairos will come eimi when hote they will anechōmai not ou put up with anechōmai · ho healthy hygiainō teaching didaskalia, but alla in accordance with kata · ho their idios own lust epithumia they will heap up episōreuō teachers didaskalos for themselves heautou, having itching knēthō · ho ears akoē, and kai they will turn away apostrephō from apo listening to akoē the ho truth alētheia · ho and de wander off ektrepō into epi the ho myths mythos. But de you sy, be clear-minded nēphō in en everything pas. Suffer evil kakopatheō. Do poieō the work ergon of an evangelist euangelistēs. Complete plērophoreō · ho your sy ministry diakonia.

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Charge to Timothy Repeated

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: Preach the message,[a] be ready[b] whether it is convenient or not,[c] reprove, rebuke, exhort[d] with complete patience and instruction. For there will be a time when people[e] will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires,[f] they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things.[g] And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.[h] You, however, be self-controlled[i] in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 4:2 tn Or “the word.”
  2. 2 Timothy 4:2 tn Or “be persistent.”
  3. 2 Timothy 4:2 tn Grk “in season, out of season.”
  4. 2 Timothy 4:2 tn Or “encourage.”
  5. 2 Timothy 4:3 tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people in that future time) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  6. 2 Timothy 4:3 tn Grk “in accord with.”
  7. 2 Timothy 4:3 tn Grk “having an itching in regard to hearing,” “having itching ears.”
  8. 2 Timothy 4:4 sn These myths were legendary tales characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus and Crete. See parallels in 1 Tim 1:4; 4:7; and Titus 1:14.
  9. 2 Timothy 4:5 tn Or “sober,” “temperate.”