Preach the Word

1I testifye therfore before God & before the LORDE Iesu Christ, which shal come to iudge the lyuynge and the deed, at his appearynge in his kyngdome: 2Preach thou the worde, be feruent, be it in season or out of season: Improue, rebuke, exhorte with all longe sufferynge and doctryne. 3For the tyme wil come, whan they shal not suffre wholsome doctryne, but after their awne lustes shal they (whose eares ytche) get them an heape of teachers, 4and shal turne their eares from the trueth, and shalbe geuen vnto fables. 5But watch thou in all thinges, suffre aduersite, do the worke of a preacher of the Gospell, fulfyll thine office vnto the vttemost.

6For I am now ready to be offered, and the tyme of my departinge is at honde. 7I haue foughte a good fighte: I haue fulfylled the course: I haue kepte the faith. 8From hence forth there is layed vp for me a crowne of righteousnes, which the LORDE the righteous iudge shal geue me in yt daye: Howbeit not vnto me onely, but vnto all them that loue his comynge.

Personal Concerns

9Make spede to come vnto me atonce. 10For Demas hath lefte me, and loueth this present worlde, and is departed vnto Tessalonica, Crescens in to Galacia, Titus vnto Dalmacia, 11Onely Lucas is with me. Take Marke, & brynge him with the: for he is profitable vnto me to the mynistracion. 12Tichicus haue I sent to Ephesus. 13The cloke that I lefte at Troada with Carpus brynge with the whan thou commest: and the bokes, but specially the parchemet. 14Alexader the coppersmyth dyd me moch euell, the LORDE rewarde him acordynge to his dedes, 15of whom be thou ware also. For he withstode oure wordes sore.

The Lord Remains Faithful

16In my first answerynge no man assisted me, but all forsoke me. I praye God that it be not layed to their charges. 17Notwitstondynge the LORDE stode by me, & stregthed me, that by me the preachinge shulde be fulfylled to the vttemost, and that all the Heythe shulde heare. And I was delyuered out of the mouth of the lyon. 18And the LORDE shal delyuer me from all euell doynge, and shal kepe me vnto his heauenly kyngdome. To whom be prayse for euer and euer, Amen.

Final Greetings
(Ephesians 6:21–24; Philippians 4:21–23)

19Salute Prisca and Aquila, and ye houssholde of Onesiphorus. 20Erastus abode at Corinthum. But Trophimus left I sicke at Miletu. 21Make spede to come before wynter. Eubolus, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren salute the.

22The LORDE Iesus Christ be with thy sprete. Grace be with you, Amen.