VIII.
The incentive to the inoculator — the coming reward
4:1-8
2 Tim. 4
:1
4:1
I solemnly
acharge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is to
1bjudge the living and the dead, and by
2His cappearing and His
dkingdom:
2 Tim. 4
:2
4:2
Proclaim the
1aword;
2be ready
3in season
and out of season;
bconvict,
4rebuke,
cexhort with
5all dlong-suffering and
eteaching.
2 Tim. 4
:3
4:3
For the
1atime will come when they will not tolerate the
2bhealthy teaching; but according to their own lusts they will heap up to themselves teachers, having
3itching ears,
2 Tim. 4
:4
4:4
And they will
1aturn away their ear from the
2truth and will be turned aside to
3bmyths.
2 Tim. 4
:5
4:5
But you, be
asober in all things,
bsuffer evil, do the work of an
cevangelist,
1fully accomplish your
2dministry.
2 Tim. 4
:6
4:6
For I am already being
1apoured out, and the time of my
2bdeparture is at hand.
2 Tim. 4
:7
4:7
I have
1afought the good fight; I have
2bfinished the course; I have kept the
cfaith.
2 Tim. 4
:8
4:8
Henceforth there is
1laid up for me the
2acrown of
brighteousness, with which the Lord, the
3crighteous Judge, will
drecompense me in
4ethat day, and not only me but also all those who have
floved His
5gappearing.
IX.
The issue of the decline — loving the present age and doing many evils
4:9-18
2 Tim. 4
:9
4:9
Be diligent to
acome to me quickly;
2 Tim. 4
:10
4:10
For aDemas has
babandoned me, having
1cloved the
dpresent age, and has gone to
eThessalonica; Crescens to
fGalatia;
gTitus to
2Dalmatia.
2 Tim. 4
:11
4:11
aLuke alone is with me. Take
bMark and bring
him with you, for he is useful to me for the
cministry.
2 Tim. 4
:12
4:12
But aTychicus I have sent to
bEphesus.
2 Tim. 4
:13
4:13
The 1cloak which I left in
2aTroas with Carpus, bring when you come, and the
3scrolls, especially the parchments.
2 Tim. 4
:14
4:14
aAlexander the coppersmith did many evil things to me; the Lord will
brecompense him according to his works.
2 Tim. 4
:15
4:15
You also guard against him, for he greatly opposed our words.
2 Tim. 4
:16
4:16
At my first defense no one was with me to support me, but all
aabandoned me. May it not be counted against them.
2 Tim. 4
:17
4:17
But the Lord
astood with me and
bempowered me that through me the
cproclamation of the gospel might be fully accomplished and all the
dGentiles might hear; and I was
edelivered out of the
1flion's mouth.
2 Tim. 4
:18
4:18
The Lord will
adeliver me from every evil work and will save me into
bHis 1heavenly kingdom, to whom be the
cglory forever and ever. Amen.
X.
Conclusion
4:19-22
2 Tim. 4
:19
4:19
Greet Prisca and
aAquila and the house of
bOnesiphorus.
2 Tim. 4
:20
4:20
aErastus remained in
bCorinth, and
cTrophimus I left at
1dMiletus 2sick.
2 Tim. 4
:21
4:21
Be diligent to come before
awinter. Eubulus greets you, as well as Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brothers.
2 Tim. 4
:22
4:22
The Lord be with your
1aspirit.
2bGrace be with you.
