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2 Timothy 4:5

Self-controlServing othersSufferingWitness and mission

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

4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

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

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BSB
But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
KJV
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
WEB
But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.
ASV
But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.
DARBY
But *thou*, be sober in all things, bear evils, do [the] work of an evangelist, fill up the full measure of thy ministry.
BLB
But you, be sober in all things, suffer hardships, do the work of an evangelist, fully carry out your ministry.
ÅB
Men vær du edru i alle ting, lid ondt, gjør en evangelists gjerning, fullfør din tjeneste!
OTB
Men du, vær edru i alle ting, lid ondt, gjør en evangelists gjerning, fullfør din tjeneste.
B1930
Men vær du edru i alle ting, lid ondt, gjør en evangelists gjerning, fullfør din tjeneste!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Timothy 1:8

    Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

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  • 2 Timothy 2:3

    Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

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  • 1 Peter 1:13

    Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

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  • Colossians 4:17

    And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.

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  • 2 Timothy 3:10–12

    But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,

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  • 1 Timothy 4:15

    Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

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  • 1 Timothy 4:12

    Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

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  • Acts 21:8

    And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto Cæsarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.

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