2 Timothy 4:1-8 ▼

1 I ADJURE thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

2 preach the word, be urgent, in season, out of season; reprove, enjoin, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.

3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own inclinations will set up a herd of teachers for themselves, having the itch of hearing;

4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and listen unto fables.

5 But watch thou in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fully discharge thy ministry.

6 For I am now ready to be sacrificed, and the time of my dissolution approaches.

7 I have struggled hard in the honourable contest, I have finished the race, 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: yet not to me only, but also to all who have loved his appearing.