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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>2 Timothy 4 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_timothy/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_timothy/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > 2 Timothy 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_timothy/3.htm" title="2 Timothy 3">◄</a> 2 Timothy 4 <a href="../titus/1.htm" title="Titus 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/2_timothy/4.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Preach the Word</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>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: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For the time is coming when people will not endure sound<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or healthy">a</a></sup></span> teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="heading">Personal Instructions</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Do your best to come to me soon. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts Gaul">b</a></sup></span> Titus to Dalmatia. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Beware of him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="heading">Final Greetings</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Erastus remained at Corinth, and I left Trophimus, who was ill, at Miletus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Do your best to come before winter. Eubulus sends greetings to you, as do Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brothers.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="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">c</a></sup></span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Greek for you is plural">d</a></sup></span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i>healthy</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Some manuscripts <i>Gaul</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">brothers</span> and sisters</i>. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word <i language="Greek">adelphoi</i> (translated "brothers") may refer either to <i>brothers</i> or to <i>brothers and sisters</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> The Greek for <i class="catch-word">you</i> is plural<br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. 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