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2 Timothy 4 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:1 - I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:2 - preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:3 - For the time is coming when people will not endure sound[fn] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:4 - and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:5 - As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:6 - For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:7 - I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:8 - Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:9 - Do your best to come to me soon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:10 - For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia,[fn] Titus to Dalmatia.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:11 - Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:12 - Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:13 - When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:14 - Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:15 - Beware of him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:16 - At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:17 - But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:18 - The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Final Greetings

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:19 - Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:20 - Erastus remained at Corinth, and I left Trophimus, who was ill, at Miletus.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:21 - Do your best to come before winter. Eubulus sends greetings to you, as do Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brothers.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:22 - The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.[fn]
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ESV Footnotes
Or healthy
Some manuscripts Gaul
Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
The Greek for you is plural
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2 Timothy Chapter 4 — Additional Translations:

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