2 Timothy 4

¹I charge thee in the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus, who shall judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

²preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

³For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts;

⁴and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.

⁵But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.

⁶For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure is come.

⁷I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:

⁸henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.

⁹Give diligence to come shortly unto me:

¹⁰for Demas forsook me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

¹¹Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is useful to me for ministering.

¹²But Tychicus I sent to Ephesus.

¹³The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, bring when thou comest, and the books, especially the parchments.