2 Timothy 4:1-15 ▼

1 I SOLEMNLY charge you before God, and our LORD Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead when his kingdom is come;

2 Preach the word; and stand by it zealously in season and out of season, rebuke, reprove, through all patience and teaching.

3 For the time will come when men will not listen to sound doctrine; but they will add for themselves extra teachers according to their desires, being lured by enticing words;

4 And they will turn away their ears from the truth, and they will turn to fables.

5 But you must be awake to all things, endure hardships, do the work of a preacher, and fulfil your ministry.

6 From henceforth I am ready to die, and the time of my departure is at hand.

7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my race, I have kept my faith:

8 Henceforth there is preserved for me a crown of righteousness, which my LORD, the righteous judge, will give me at that day: and not to me only but also to all those who eagerly await his appearance.

9 Make every effort to come to me soon:

10 For De’mas has forsaken me, having loved this world, and has gone to Thes-salo- ni’ca; Cres’cens to Ga-la’tia; Titus to Dalma’tia.

11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you: for he is suitable to me for the ministry.

12 I have sent Tych’i-cus to Eph'e-sus.

13 The book-carrier which I left at Tro’as with Car’pus, bring it with you when you come, and the books, especially the parchment scrolls.

14 Alexander, the blacksmith, has done me much evil: our LORD reward him according to his works:

15 You beware of him also; for he has greatly opposed our words.