I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall ^ajudge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

 2 ^aPreach the word; ^bbe ^cinstant in season, out of season; ^dreprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

 3 For the time will come when they will not ^aendure sound ^bdoctrine; but after their own ^clusts shall they heap to themselves ^dteachers, having itching ears;

 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the ^atruth, and shall be turned unto ^bfables.

 5 But ^awatch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an ^bevangelist, ^cmake 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 ^afight, I have ^bfinished my course, I have kept the faith:

 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a ^acrown of ^brighteousness, which the Lord, the righteous ^cjudge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

 9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:

 10 For ^aDemas hath ^bforsaken me, having loved this present ^cworld, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

 11 Only ^aLuke is with me. Take ^bMark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.

 12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.

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

 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his ^aworks:

 15 Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly ^awithstood our words.