2 Timothy 4:2

preach the word; apply thyself in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and teaching.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

In Context

1I CHARGE thee before God, and Christ Jesus who will judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom,

3For the time will come when they will not endure the sound teaching, but according to their own desires will to themselves heap up teachers, having itching ears;

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Cross References

Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; Because he anointed me to publish good tidings to the poor; He has sent me to proclaim deliverance to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To send the oppressed away free,

Luke 7:23And happy is he, whoever shall not be offended at me.

John 4:6And Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with the journey, sat down thus on the well. It was about the sixth hour.

Acts 13:5And having come to Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they had also John as an assistant.

Acts 16:31And they said: Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 4:2-9

Ministerial Duties; The Apostle's Joyful Expectation. ( a. d. 66.) 1 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; 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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