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be ready when the time is right and <i>even</i> when it is not [keep your sense of urgency, whether the opportunity seems favorable or unfavorable, whether convenient or inconvenient, whether welcome or unwelcome]; correct [those who err in doctrine or behavior], warn [those who sin], exhort <i>and</i> encourage [those who are growing toward spiritual maturity], with inexhaustible patience and [faithful] teaching. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine <i>and</i> accurate instruction [that challenges them with God’s truth]; but <i>wanting</i> to have their ears tickled [with something pleasing], they will accumulate for themselves [many] teachers [one after another, chosen] to satisfy their own desires <i>and</i> to support the errors they hold, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and will turn their ears away from the truth and will wander off into myths <i>and</i> man-made fictions [and will accept the unacceptable]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But as for you, be clear-headed in every situation [stay calm and cool and steady], endure every hardship [without flinching], do the work of an evangelist, fulfill [the duties of] your ministry. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For I am already being <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>poured out as a drink offering, and the time of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>my departure [from this world] is at hand <i>and</i> I will soon go free. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I have fought the good <i>and</i> worthy <i>and</i> noble fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith [firmly guarding the gospel against error]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>In the future there is reserved for me the [victor’s] crown of righteousness [for being right with God and doing right], which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that [great] day--and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved <i>and</i> longed for <i>and</i> welcomed His appearing. <p class="hdg">Personal Concerns</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Make every effort to come to me soon; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>for Demas, having loved [the pleasures of] this present <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens <i>has gone</i> to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very helpful to me for the ministry. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When you come bring the coat that I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; [but that is no concern of mine, for] the Lord will repay him according to his actions. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Be on guard against him yourself, because he vigorously opposed our message. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>At my first trial no one supported me [as an advocate] <i>or</i> stood with me, but they all deserted me. May it not be counted against them [by God]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But the Lord stood by me and strengthened <i>and</i> empowered me, so that through me the [gospel] message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear it; and I was rescued from the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>mouth of the lion. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The Lord will rescue me from every evil assault, and He will bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Give my greetings to Prisca and Aquila, and to the household of Onesiphorus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Erastus stayed on at Corinth, but I left Trophimus sick at Miletus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Try your best to come [to me] before winter. Eubulus wishes to be remembered to you, as do Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>brothers and sisters. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> The drink offering (wine) was required as part of the sacrificial system of the old covenant.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> This is Paul’s last inspired letter and was written toward the end of his second Roman imprisonment. During his first imprisonment he was under house arrest, but this time (about five years later) it is believed that he was held in chains in the Tullianum, the lower chamber of the Mamertine dungeon. The Roman historian, Sallust, described the Tullianum as a horrible dungeon “...repulsive and terrible.” It was originally excavated as a cistern for a natural spring. It would have been cold, damp, and incredibly filthy. Both lower and upper chambers served as places of torture and as holding places for those awaiting execution. Paul would have known that there was no hope of release and that his execution was imminent. Nero ruled Rome during both imprisonments.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i>age</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Figurative language--probably a reference to the favorable outcome of his first trial (v 16).<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> Lit <i>brethren</i>.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_timothy/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Timothy 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Timothy 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../titus/1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Titus 1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Titus 1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>