2 Timothy 4
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I a charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, b who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:
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Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. c Convince, d rebuke, e exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
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f For the time will come when they will not endure g sound doctrine, h but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;
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and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and i be turned aside to fables.
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But you be watchful in all things, j endure afflictions, do the work of k an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
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For l I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of m my departure is at hand.
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n I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
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Finally, there is laid up for me o the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous p Judge, will give to me q on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
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Be diligent to come to me quickly;
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for r Demas has forsaken me, s having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica - Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia.
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Only Luke is with me. Get t Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry.
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And u Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus.
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Bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas when you come - and the books, especially the parchments.
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v Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm. May the Lord repay him according to his works.
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You also must beware of him, for he has greatly resisted our words.
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At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. w May it not be charged against them.
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x But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, y so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered z out of the mouth of the lion.
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a And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. b To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen!
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Greet c Prisca and Aquila, and the household of d Onesiphorus.
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e Erastus stayed in Corinth, but f Trophimus I have left in Miletus sick.
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Do your utmost to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, as well as Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brethren.
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The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
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1 Timothy 5:21
I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing with partiality.
2 Timothy 4:1
I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:
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Acts 10:42
And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead.
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Titus 2:15
Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.
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1 Timothy 5:20
Those who are sinning rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear.
Titus 1:13
This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith.
Titus 2:15
Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.
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1 Timothy 4:13
Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
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2 Timothy 3:1
But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:
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1 Timothy 1:10
For fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine.
2 Timothy 1:13
Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
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Isaiah 30:9 - 11
That this is a rebellious people, Lying children, Children who will not hear the law of the LORD.
Jeremiah 5:30
An astonishing and horrible thing Has been committed in the land:
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule by their own power; And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?
2 Timothy 3:6
For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts.
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1 Timothy 1:4
Nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith.
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2 Timothy 1:8
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God.
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Acts 21:8
On the next day we who were Paul's companions departed and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
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Philippians 2:17
Yes, and if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
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Philippians 1:23
For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
2 Peter 1:14
Knowing that shortly I must put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.
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1 Corinthians 9:24 - 27
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.
Philippians 3:13
Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.
Philippians 3:14
I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
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1 Corinthians 9:25
And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.
2 Timothy 2:5
And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
James 1:12
Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
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John 5:22
For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son.
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2 Timothy 1:12
For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.
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Colossians 4:14
Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you.
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1 John 2:15
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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Acts 12:12
So, when he had considered this, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together praying.
Acts 12:25
And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their ministry, and they also took with them John whose surname was Mark.
Acts 15:37 - 39
Now Barnabas was determined to take with them John called Mark.
Colossians 4:10
Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, with Mark the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions: if he comes to you, welcome him).
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Acts 20:4
And Sopater of Berea accompanied him to Asia - also Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.
Ephesians 6:21
But that you also may know my affairs and how I am doing, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make all things known to you.
Ephesians 6:22
Whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our affairs, and that he may comfort your hearts.
Colossians 4:7
Tychicus, a beloved brother, faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me.
Titus 3:12
When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.
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Acts 19:33
And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander motioned with his hand, and wanted to make his defense to the people.
1 Timothy 1:20
Of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.
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Acts 7:60
Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not charge them with this sin." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
1 Corinthians 13:5
Does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil.
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Deuteronomy 31:6
"Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you."
Acts 23:11
But the following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Be of good cheer, Paul; for as you have testified for Me in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness at Rome.
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Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel.
Philippians 1:12
But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel.
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1 Samuel 17:37
Moreover David said, "The LORD, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." And Saul said to David, "Go, and the LORD be with you!
Psalms 22:21
Save Me from the lion's mouth And from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered Me.
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Psalms 121:7
The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.
2 Peter 2:9
Then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment.
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Romans 11:36
For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
Galatians 1:5
To whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Hebrews 13:21
Make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
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Acts 18:2
And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla (because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome); and he came to them.
Romans 16:3
Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus.
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2 Timothy 1:16
The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain.
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Acts 19:22
So he sent into Macedonia two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, but he himself stayed in Asia for a time.
Romans 16:23
Gaius, my host and the host of the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, and Quartus, a brother.
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Acts 20:4
And Sopater of Berea accompanied him to Asia - also Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.
Acts 21:29
(For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
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