2 Timotius 3:1

Ministry in the Last Days

3:1 But understand this, that in the last days difficult ¹  times will come.

2 Timotius 4:2-3

4:2 Preach the message, ²  be ready ³  whether it is convenient or not, ⁴  reprove, rebuke, exhort ⁵  with complete patience and instruction. 4:3 For there will be a time when people ⁶  will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, ⁷  they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things. ⁸ 

2 Timotius 4:1

Charge to Timothy Repeated

4:1 I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

2 Timotius 3:15

3:15 and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

2 Timotius 4:6

4:6 For I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for me to depart ⁹  is at hand.

2 Timotius 3:11

3:11 as well as the persecutions and sufferings ¹⁰  that happened to me in Antioch, ¹¹  in Iconium, and in Lystra. ¹²  I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.

2 Timotius 4:16

4:16 At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me – may they not be held accountable for it.

[3:1]  ¹ tn Or perhaps, “dangerous,” “fierce.”

[4:2]  ² tn Or “the word.”

[4:2]  ³ tn Or “be persistent.”

[4:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “in season, out of season.”

[4:2]  ⁵ tn Or “encourage.”

[4:3]  ⁶ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people in that future time) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:3]  ⁷ tn Grk “in accord with.”

[4:3]  ⁸ tn Grk “having an itching in regard to hearing,” “having itching ears.”

[4:6]  ⁹ tn Grk “of my departure.”

[3:11]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “persecutions, sufferings,” as a continuation of the series from v. 10.

[3:11]  ¹¹ map For location see JP1 E2; JP2 E2; JP3 E2; JP4 E2.

[3:11]  ¹² sn In Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. See Acts 13-14 for the account of these persecutions.

[3:11]  map For location see JP1 E2; JP2 E2; JP3 E2