2 Timothy 4:5
But be thou watchful in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fully accomplish thy ministry.
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In Context
4and they will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
6For I am already about to be offered as a sacrifice, and the time of my departure is at hand.
Cross References
Isaiah 62:6Upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, have I set watchmen; All the day, and all the night, shall they not keep silence; O ye that praise Jehovah, keep not silence,
Ezekiel 3:17Son of man, I have set thee as a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me!
Ezekiel 33:7So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman to the house of Israel, that thou shouldst hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me.
Mark 13:34As a man going abroad, having left his house and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, also commanded the porter to watch,
Luke 12:37Happy are those servants, whom their lord when he cometh shall find watching; truly do I say to you, that he will gird himself, and place them at table, and will come and wait on them.
Acts 21:8And on the morrow we departed, and came to Caesarea; and entering the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we stayed with him.
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 →