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2 Timothy 4:2
preach the Word; be instant in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
preach the word [as an official messenger]; be ready when the time is right and even when it is not [keep your sense of urgency, whether the opportunity seems favorable or unfavorable, whether convenient or inconvenient, whether welcome or unwelcome]; correct [those who err in doctrine or behavior], warn [those who sin], exhort and encourage [those who are growing toward spiritual maturity], with inexhaustible patience and [faithful] teaching.
Herald and preach the Word! Keep your sense of urgency [stand by, be at hand and ready], whether the opportunity seems to be favorable or unfavorable. [Whether it is convenient or inconvenient, whether it is welcome or unwelcome, you as preacher of the Word are to show people in what way their lives are wrong.] And convince them, rebuking and correcting, warning and urging and encouraging them, being unflagging and inexhaustible in patience and teaching.
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience and teaching.
Preach the word. Be ready to do it whether it is convenient or inconvenient. Correct, confront, and encourage with patience and instruction.
proclaim the Word! Be on hand with it whether the time seems right or not. Convict, censure and exhort with unfailing patience and with teaching.
to preach God's message. Do it willingly, even if it isn't the popular thing to do. You must correct people and point out their sins. But also cheer them up, and when you instruct them, always be patient.
proclaim the word; be urgent in season [and] out of season, convict, rebuke, encourage, with all longsuffering and doctrine.
proclaim the Word. Stand-at it in-season, out-of-season. Rebuke, warn, exhort, with all patience and instruction.
Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine.
Tell everyone God’s message. Be ready at all times to do whatever is needed. Tell people what they need to do, tell them when they are doing wrong, and encourage them. Do this with great patience and careful teaching.
Tell God's message to people. Always be ready to speak God's message clearly to people, whether they want to listen to you or not. Warn people when they are doing something wrong. Tell them to stop doing wrong things, and explain to them what they ought to do. But be very patient while you teach them what is true.
Preach the word. Be ready whether it is convenient or not. Correct, rebuke, and encourage, with all patience and teaching.
preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
Preach the ·Good News [Gospel]. Be ready ·at all times [whether it is convenient or inconvenient; in season or out of season], and ·tell people what they need to do [correct; reprove]. ·Tell them when they are wrong [Rebuke]. ·Encourage [Comfort; Exhort] them with ·great patience and careful teaching [L all patience and teaching],
Preach the word: be instant, in season, and out of season: improve, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Be ready to spread the word whether or not the time is right. Point out errors, warn people, and encourage them. Be very patient when you teach.
to preach the message, to insist upon proclaiming it (whether the time is right or not), to convince, reproach, and encourage, as you teach with all patience.
Proclaim the message; persist in it whether convenient or not; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching.
Preach the Good News. Be ready at all times. Tell people what they need to do, tell them when they are wrong, and encourage them. Do these things with great patience and careful teaching.
to proclaim the message. Be ready to do this whether or not the time is convenient. Refute, warn, and encourage with the utmost patience when you teach.
I urge you, Timothy, as we live in the sight of God and of Christ Jesus (whose coming in power will judge the living and the dead), to preach the Word of God. Never lose your sense of urgency, in season or out of season. Prove, correct, and encourage, using the utmost patience in your teaching.
Preach the word; be instant in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and teaching.
preach the word, be ready in season and out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all patience and instruction.
to preach the Word of God urgently at all times, whenever you get the chance, in season and out, when it is convenient and when it is not. Correct and rebuke your people when they need it, encourage them to do right, and all the time be feeding them patiently with God’s Word.
I can’t impress this on you too strongly. God is looking over your shoulder. Christ himself is the Judge, with the final say on everyone, living and dead. He is about to break into the open with his rule, so proclaim the Message with intensity; keep on your watch. Challenge, warn, and urge your people. Don’t ever quit. Just keep it simple.
Preach the word, be ready in season and out of season, reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.
preach the word. Be prepared when it is opportune or inopportune; confront, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
Be ready to spread the word whether or not the time is right. Point out errors, warn people, and encourage them. Be very patient when you teach.
proclaim the word; be persistent whether it is convenient or inconvenient; convince, reprimand, encourage through all patience and teaching.
preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and exhort, with great patience and instruction.
preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.
preach the message; be persistent in doing so, whether in season or out of season; convince, reprove, and encourage, but with great patience and instruction.
Preach the Good News. Be ready at all times, and tell people what they need to do. Tell them when they are wrong. Encourage them with great patience and careful teaching,
Preach the message, be ready whether it is convenient or not, reprove, rebuke, exhort with complete patience and instruction.
Preach the word. Be ready to serve God in good times and bad. Correct people’s mistakes. Warn them. Encourage them with words of hope. Be very patient as you do these things. Teach them carefully.
Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.
preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage – with great patience and careful instruction.
Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
Preach the Word of God. Preach it when it is easy and people want to listen and when it is hard and people do not want to listen. Preach it all the time. Use the Word of God to show people they are wrong. Use the Word of God to help them do right. You must be willing to wait for people to understand what you teach as you teach them.
Preach the word of God. Be prepared, whether the time is favorable or not. Patiently correct, rebuke, and encourage your people with good teaching.
preach the word; be fervent, be it in season or out of season. Refute, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and instruction.
proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favourable or unfavourable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching.
proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favourable or unfavourable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching.
proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching.
proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage with the utmost patience in teaching.
announce the word; keep going whether the time is right or wrong; rebuke, warn and encourage with all patience and explanation.
Attend to the hatafah (preaching) of the Dvar Hashem. Be ready in season, out of season, expose, rebuke, encourage, with all long suffering and hora’ah (teaching).
preach the word! Be ready, in season and out of season. Convict, rebuke, encourage, with all longsuffering and teaching.
preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching.
preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching.
proclaim the Word! Be ready when it is convenient or inconvenient. Confront, rebuke, encourage—with complete patience and instruction.
go out and preach the word! Go whether it’s an opportune time or not! Reprove, warn, and encourage; but do so with all the patience and instruction needed to fulfill your calling
preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching.
Tell people the word of God. Be ready to do it at any time. Show people they are wrong and talk to them about it. Tell them what they should do. Be very patient with them and teach them in many ways.
preach the word, be thou busy suitably without rest, reprove thou, beseech thou, blame thou in all patience and doctrine. [preach the word, be thou busy to opportune and inopportune, reprove, beseech, blame in all patience and doctrine.]
preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,
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