1I[G1473]charge[G1263] thee therefore[G3767]before[G1799]God[G2316], and[G2532] the Lord[G2962]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547], who[G3588]shall[G3195]judge[G2919] the quick[G2198]and[G2532] the dead[G3498]at[G2596]his[G846]appearing[G2015]and[G2532]his[G846]kingdom[G932];
2Preach[G2784] the word[G3056]; be instant[G2186] in season[G2122], out of season[G171]; reprove[G1651], rebuke[G2008], exhort[G3870]with[G1722]all[G3956]longsuffering[G3115]and[G2532]doctrine[G1322].
3For[G1063] the time[G2540]will[G430]come[G2071]when[G3753] they will[G430]not[G3756]endure[G430]sound[G5198]doctrine[G1319]; but[G235]after[G2596] their own[G2398]lusts[G1939] shall they heap[G2002] to themselves[G1438]teachers[G1320], having itching[G2833]ears[G189];
4And[G2532] they shall turn away[G3303] their ears[G189]from[G575] the truth[G225], and[G1161] shall be turned[G1624]unto[G1909]fables[G3454].
5But[G1161]watch[G3525]thou[G4771]in[G1722] all things[G3956], endure afflictions[G2553], do[G4160] the work[G2041] of an evangelist[G2099], make full proof[G4135] of thy[G4675]ministry[G1248].
6For[G1063]I[G1473]am[G4689]now[G2235] ready to be offered[G4689], and[G2532] the time[G2540] of my[G1699]departure[G359] is at hand[G2186].
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I have fought[G75] a good[G2570]fight[G73], I have finished[G5055] my course[G1408], I have kept[G5083] the faith[G4102]:
8Henceforth[G3063] there is laid up[G606] for me[G3427] a crown[G4735] of righteousness[G1343], which[G3739] the Lord[G2962], the righteous[G1342]judge[G2923], shall give[G591]me[G1698]at[G1722]that[G1565]day[G2250]: and[G1161]not[G3756] to me[G1698]only[G3440], but[G235] unto all them[G3956]also[G2532]that[G1565]love[G25]his[G846]appearing[G2015].
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Do thy diligence[G4704] to come[G2064]shortly[G5030]unto[G4314]me[G3165]:
10For[G1063]Demas[G1214] hath forsaken[G1459]me[G3165], having loved[G25] this present[G3568]world[G165], and[G2532] is departed[G4198]unto[G1519]Thessalonica[G2332]; Crescens[G2913]to[G1519]Galatia[G1053], Titus[G5103]unto[G1519]Dalmatia[G1149].
11Only[G3441]Luke[G3065]is[G2076]with[G3326]me[G1700]. Take[G353]Mark[G3138], and bring him[G71]with[G3326]thee[G4572]: for[G1063] he is[G2076]profitable[G2173] to me[G3427]for[G1519] the ministry[G1248].
12And[G1161]Tychicus[G5190] have I sent[G649]to[G1519]Ephesus[G2181].
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The cloke[G5341]that[G3739] I left[G620]at[G1722]Troas[G5174]with[G3844]Carpus[G2591], when thou comest[G2064], bring[G5342]with[G3844] thee, and[G2532] the books[G975], but especially[G3122] the parchments[G3200].
14Alexander[G223] the coppersmith[G5471]did[G1731]me[G3427]much[G4183]evil[G2556]: the Lord[G2962]reward[G591]him[G846] according to[G2596]his[G846]works[G2041]:
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Of whom[G3739]be[G5442]thou[G4771]ware[G5442]also[G2532]; for[G1063] he hath[G436]greatly[G3029]withstood[G436]our[G2251]words[G3056].
16At[G1722]my[G3450]first[G4413]answer[G627] no man[G3762]stood[G4836] with me[G3427], but[G235]all[G3956] men forsook[G1459]me[G3165]: I pray God that it may[G3049]not[G3361] be laid[G3049] to their charge[G846].
17Notwithstanding[G1161] the Lord[G2962]stood[G3936] with me[G3427], and[G2532]strengthened[G1743]me[G3165]; that[G2443]by[G1223]me[G1700] the preaching[G2782] might be fully known[G4135], and[G2532]that[G2443]all[G3956] the Gentiles[G1484] might hear[G191]: and[G2532] I was delivered[G4506] out of[G1537] the mouth[G4750]of[G1537] the lion[G3023].
18And[G2532] the Lord[G2962] shall deliver[G4506]me[G3165]from[G575]every[G3956]evil[G4190]work[G2041], and[G2532] will preserve[G4982]me[G3165]unto[G1519]his[G846]heavenly[G2032]kingdom[G932]: to whom[G3739] be glory[G1391]for[G1519]ever[G165]and[G2532]ever[G165]. Amen[G281].
19Salute[G782]Prisca[G4251]and[G2532]Aquila[G207], and[G2532] the household[G3624] of Onesiphorus[G3683].
20Erastus[G2037]abode[G3306]at[G1722]Corinth[G2882]: but[G1161]Trophimus[G5161] have I left[G620]at[G1722]Miletum[G3399]sick[G770].
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Do thy diligence[G4704] to come[G2064]before[G4253]winter[G5494]. Eubulus[G2103]greeteth[G782]thee[G4571], and[G2532]Pudens[G4227], and[G2532]Linus[G3044], and[G2532]Claudia[G2803], and[G2532]all[G3956] the brethren[G80].
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The Lord[G2962]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547] be with[G3326]thy[G4675]spirit[G4151]. Grace[G5485] be with[G3326]you[G5216]. Amen[G281]. The second[G1208] epistle unto[G4314]Timotheus[G5095], ordained[G5500] the first[G4413]bishop[G1985] of the church[G1577] of the Ephesians[G2180], was written[G1125]from[G575]Rome[G4516], when[G3753]Paul[G3972] was brought before[G3936]Nero[G3505] the second[G1537]time[G2540].