2 Timothy 4:5
You need to keep your wits about you at all times. Put up with troubles, do the work of sharing the good news, fulfill your ministry.
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4They will stop listening to the truth and wander off following myths.
6For I'm about to be sacrificed—the time of my death is approaching.
Cross References
Isaiah 62:6I have placed watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they won't ever be silent, day or night. You who pray to the Lord, don't ever stop and take a rest.
Ezekiel 3:17“Son of man, I have chosen you as a watchman for the people of Israel. Whenever I give you a message, then you must warn them for me.
Ezekiel 33:7Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for the people of Israel. Listen to what I tell you and warn them for me.
Mark 13:34It's like a man who went away on a journey. He left his house, and gave each of his servants the authority to do what he told them. He told the doorkeeper to stay awake.
Luke 12:37How good it will be for those servants that the master finds watching when he returns. I tell you the truth, he will get dressed, have them sit down for a meal, and will come and serve them himself!
Acts 21:8The next day we left and went to Caesarea. We stayed at the house of Philip the evangelist (one of the Seven).
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 →