2 Timothy 3:13-4:3

English Standard Version

¹³while ^(A)evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and ^(B)being deceived. ¹⁴But as for you, ^(C)continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom^[a] you learned it ¹⁵and how ^(D)from childhood you have been acquainted with ^(E)the sacred writings, ^(F)which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. ¹⁶^(G)All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, ¹⁷that ^(H)the man of God^[b] may be complete, ^(I)equipped ^(J)for every good work.

Preach the Word

4 ^(K)I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, ^(L)who is to judge the living and the dead, and by ^(M)his appearing and his kingdom: ²preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; ^(N)reprove, rebuke, and ^(O)exhort, with complete patience and teaching. ³^(P)For the time is coming when people will not endure ^(Q)sound^[c] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,

Footnotes

2 Timothy 3:14 The Greek for whom is plural
2 Timothy 3:17 That is, a messenger of God (the phrase echoes a common Old Testament expression)
2 Timothy 4:3 Or healthy