⁵ As for you, ^(A)always be sober-minded, ^(B)endure suffering, do the work of ^(C)an evangelist, ^(D)fulfill your ministry.

⁶ For ^(E)I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my ^(F)departure has come. ^7 (G)I have fought the good fight, ^(H)I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. ⁸ Henceforth there is ^(I)laid up for me ^(J)the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, ^(K)the righteous judge, will award to me on ^(L)that day, and not only to me but also to all ^(M)who have loved his appearing.

¹⁹ For ^(A)though I am free from all, ^(B)I have made myself a servant to all, that I might ^(C)win more of them. ^20 (D)To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. ²¹ To ^(E)those outside the law I became ^(F)as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but ^(G)under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. ^22 (H)To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. ^(I)I have become all things to all people, that ^(J)by all means I might save some. ²³ I do it all for the sake of the gospel, ^(K)that I may share with them in its blessings.

¹³ But according to his promise we are waiting for ^(A)new heavens and a new earth ^(B)in which righteousness dwells.

Final Words

^14 (C)Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him ^(D)without spot or ^(E)blemish, and ^(F)at peace. ¹⁵ And count ^(G)the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as ^(H)our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you ^(I)according to the wisdom given him,