aI solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to bjudge the living and the dead, and by His cappearing and His kingdom:
2preach athe word; be ready in season and out of season; breprove, rebuke, exhort, with 1great cpatience and instruction.
3For athe time will come when they will not endure bsound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,
4and awill turn away their ears from the truth and bwill turn aside to myths.
5But you, abe sober in all things, bendure hardship, do the work of an cevangelist, fulfill your dministry.
6For I am already being apoured out as a drink offering, and the time of bmy departure has come.
7aI have fought the good fight, I have finished bthe course, I have kept cthe faith;
8in the future there ais laid up for me bthe crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on cthat day; and not only to me, but also to dall who have loved His eappearing.
aMake every effort to come to me soon;
10for aDemas, having loved bthis present 1world, has deserted me and gone to cThessalonica; Crescens has gone to 2 dGalatia, eTitus to Dalmatia.
11aOnly bLuke is with me. Pick up cMark and bring him with you, dfor he is useful to me for service.
12But aTychicus I have sent to bEphesus.
13When you come bring the cloak which I left at aTroas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments.
14aAlexander the coppersmith did me much harm; bthe Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
15Be on guard against him yourself, for he vigorously opposed our 1teaching.
16At my first defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; amay it not be counted against them.
17But the Lord stood with me and astrengthened me, so that through me bthe proclamation might 1be cfully accomplished, and that all dthe Gentiles might hear; and I was erescued out of fthe lion's mouth.
18The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will 1 abring me safely to His bheavenly kingdom; cto 2Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
19Greet Prisca and aAquila, and bthe household of Onesiphorus.
20aErastus remained at bCorinth, but cTrophimus I left sick at dMiletus.
21aMake every effort to come before bwinter. Eubulus greets you, also Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren.
22aThe Lord be with your spirit. bGrace be with you.