2 Timothy 4:5
But watch thou in every thing, and endure evils, and work the work of an evangelist, and thy ministry fulfil.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
4And from the truth they will turn away their ear, but to fables will decline.
6But I am sacrificed, and the time when I shall be dissolved cometh.
Cross References
Mark 13:34For as a man who hath journeyed, and left his house, and hath given authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and the door-keeper he hath instructed to be watchful;
Luke 12:37Blessed those servants who, when their lord shall come, shall be found watching. Amen I tell you, He will gird his loins, and make them recline, and will come over and serve them.
Acts 21:8And the day after we departed and came to Cesarea; and we entered and abode in the house of Philipos the preacher, he who was 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 →