| 4 | 2 Timothy | ||
| 1 | Before God, and before Christ Jesus who is to judge men living and dead, I charge you solemnly by his coming appearance and his reign, | ||
| 2 | proclaim the message, press it home on all occasions, convenient or inconvenient, use argument, reproof, and appeal, with all the patience that the work of teaching requires. | ||
| 3 | For the time will come when they will not stand wholesome teaching, but will follow their own fancy and gather a crowd of teachers to tickle their ears. | ||
| 4 | They will stop their ears to the truth and turn to mythology. | ||
| 5 | But you yourself must keep calm and sane at all times; face hardship, work to spread the Gospel, and do all the duties of your calling. | ||
| 6 | AS FOR ME, already my life is being poured out on the altar, and the hour for my departure is upon me. | ||
| 7 | I have run the great race, I have finished the course, I have kept faith. | ||
| 8 | And now the prize awaits me, the garland of righteousness which the Lord, the all-just Judge, will award me on that great Day; and it is not for me alone, but for all who have set their hearts on his coming appearance. | ||
| 9 | Do your best to join me soon; | Personal Instructions 2Tm.4.9-18 | |
| 10 | for Demas has deserted me because his heart was set on this world; he has gone to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia; | ||
| 11 | I have no one with me but Luke. Pick up Mark and bring him with you, for I find him a useful assistant. | ||
| 12 | Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus. | ||
| 13 | When you come, bring the cloak I left with Carpus at Troas, and the books, above all my notebooks. | ||
| 14 | Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. Retribution will fall upon him from the Lord. | ||
| 15 | You had better be on your guard against him too, for he violently opposed everything I said. | ||
| 16 | At the first hearing of my case no one came into court to support me; they all left me in the lurch; I pray that it may not be held against them. | ||
| 17 | But the Lord stood by me and lent me strength, so that I might be his instrument in making the full proclamation of the Gospel for the whole pagan world to hear; and thus I was rescued out of the lion's jaws. | ||
| 18 | And the Lord will rescue me from every attempt to do me harm, and keep me safe until his heavenly reign begins. Glory to him for ever and ever! Amen. | ||
| 19 | Greetings to Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. | Final Greetings 2Tm.4.19-22 | |
| 20 | Erastus stayed behind at Corinth, and I left Trophimus ill at Miletus. | ||
| 21 | Do try to get here before winter. Greetings from Eubulus, Pudens, Linus, and Claudia, and from all the brotherhood here. | ||
| 22 | The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all! | ||
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