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Read Full Chapter (2 Timothy 4) 2 Timothy 4:1-3 KJV
"I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 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;"
2 Timothy Chapter 4, Verse 1-3
2 Timothy 4:1-3 in Context (Verses 1–6 KJV)
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I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
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Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
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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;
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And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
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But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
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For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.