| 1 | I charge you therefore before God and the Lord, Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: | 2Ti 2:14 1Ti 5:21 1Ti 6:13 |
| 2 | preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching. | Ps 40:9 Isa 61:1-3 Jon 3:2 Lk 4:18 Lk 4:19 Lk 9:60 Ro 10:15 Col 1:25 Col 1:28 |
| 3 | For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts; | 2Ti 3:1-6 1Ti 4:1-3 |
| 4 | and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables. | 2Ti 1:15 Pr 1:32 Zc 7:11 Ac 7:57 Heb 13:25 |
| 5 | But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry. | Isa 56:9 Isa 56:10 Isa 62:6 Jer 6:17 Ezk 3:17 Ezk 33:2 Ezk 33:7 Mk 13:34 Mk 13:37 Lk 12:37 Ac 20:30 Ac 20:31 1Th 5:6 Heb 13:17 Rev 3:2 |
| 6 | For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come. | Php 2:17 |
| 7 | I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith. | 1Ti 6:12 |
| 8 | From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing. | Ps 31:19 Mt 6:19 Mt 6:20 Col 1:5 1Ti 6:19 |
| 9 | Be diligent to come to me soon, | 2Ti 4:21 2Ti 1:4 |
| 10 | for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. | Col 4:14 Col 4:15 Phm 1:24 |
| 11 | Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministering. | 2Ti 1:15 |
| 12 | But I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. | Ac 20:4 Eph 6:21 Col 4:7 Tit 3:12 |
| 13 | Bring the cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when you come, and the books, especially the parchments. | 1Co 4:11 2Co 11:27 |
| 14 | Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works, | Ac 19:33 Ac 19:34 1Ti 1:20 |
| 15 | of whom you also must beware; for he greatly opposed our words. | Mt 10:16 Mt 10:17 Php 3:2 |
| 16 | At my first defense, no one took my part, but all left me. May it not be held against them. | Ac 22:1 Ac 25:16 1Co 9:3 2Co 7:11 Php 1:7 Php 1:17 1Pe 3:15 |
| 17 | But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. | Ps 37:39 Ps 37:40 Ps 109:31 Jer 15:20 Jer 15:21 Jer 20:10 Jer 20:11 Mt 10:19 Ac 18:9 Ac 18:10 Ac 23:11 Ac 27:23 Ac 27:24 |
| 18 | And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will save me to his heavenly kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. | Gn 48:16 1Sa 25:39 1Ch 4:10 Ps 121:7 Mt 6:13 Lk 11:4 Jn 17:15 1Co 10:13 2Co 1:10 2Th 3:3 |
| 19 | Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus. | Ac 18:2 Ac 18:18 Ac 18:26 Ro 16:3 Ro 16:4 1Co 16:19 |
| 20 | Erastus remained at Corinth, but I left Trophimus at Miletus sick. | Ac 19:22 Ro 16:23 |
| 21 | Be diligent to come before winter. Eubulus salutes you, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers. | 2Ti 4:9 2Ti 4:13 2Ti 1:4 |
| 22 | The Lord, Jesus Christ, be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. | Mt 28:20 Ro 16:20 2Co 13:14 Ga 6:18 Phm 1:25 |
