2 Timothy 4
1. I charge * thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall * judge * the quick * and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
2. Preach * the word; be instant * in season, out of season; reprove * , rebuke * , exhort * with all longsuffering and doctrine.
3. For the time will come * when they will * not endure * sound * doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap * to themselves teachers, having itching * ears;
4. And they shall turn away * their ears from the truth, and shall be turned * unto fables.
5. But watch * thou in all things, endure afflictions * , do * the work of an evangelist, make full proof * of thy ministry.
6. For I am * now ready to be offered * , and the time of my departure is at hand * .
7. I have fought * a good fight, I have finished * my course, I have kept * the faith:
8. Henceforth there is laid up * for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give * me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love * his appearing.
9. Do thy diligence * to come * shortly unto me:
10. For Demas hath forsaken * me, having loved * this present world, and is departed * unto Thessalonica;Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
11. Only Luke is * with me. Take * Mark, and bring him * with thee: for he is * profitable to me for the ministry.
12. And Tychicus have I sent * to Ephesus.
13. The cloke that I left * at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest * , bring * with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.
14. Alexander the coppersmith did * me much evil: the Lord reward * him according to his works:
15. Of whom be * thou ware * also; for he hath * greatly withstood * our words.
16. At my first answer no man stood * with me, but all men forsook * me: I pray God that it may * not be laid * to their charge.
17. Notwithstanding the Lord stood * with me, and strengthened * me;that by me the preaching might be fully known * , and that all the Gentiles might hear * : and I was delivered * out of the mouth of the lion.
18. And the Lord shall deliver * me from every evil work, and will preserve * me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
19. Salute * Prisca and Aquila,and the household of Onesiphorus.
20. Erastus abode * at Corinth:but Trophimus have I left * at Miletum sick * .
21. Do thy diligence * to come * before winter. Eubulus greeteth * thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.
22. The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. <<The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained * the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was written * from Rome, when Paul was brought before * Nero the second time.>>
