Preach the Word
1I do fully testify, then, before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is about to judge living and dead at his manifestation and his reign--+ 2preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,+ 3for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers--itching in the hearing,+ 4and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.+ 5And thou--watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,+ 6for I am already being poured out, and the time of my release hath arrived;+ 7the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,+ 8henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord--the Righteous Judge--shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.+Personal Concerns
9Be diligent to come unto me quickly,+ 10for Demas forsook me, having loved the present age, and went on to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia,+ 11Lukas only is with me; Markus having taken, bring with thyself, for he is profitable to me for ministration;+ 12and Tychicus I sent to Ephesus;+ 13the cloak that I left in Troas with Carpus, coming, bring thou and the books--especially the parchments.+ 14Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; may the Lord repay to him according to his works,+ 15of whom also do thou beware, for greatly hath he stood against our words;+The Lord Remains Faithful
16in my first defence no one stood with me, but all forsook me, (may it not be reckoned to them!)+ 17and the Lord stood by me, and did strengthen me, that through me the preaching might be fully assured, and all the nations might hear, and I was freed out of the mouth of a lion,+ 18and the Lord shall free me from every evil work, and shall save me --to his heavenly kingdom; to whom is the glory to the ages of the ages! Amen.+Final Greetings
Ephesians 6:21–24; Philippians 4:21–23
19Salute Prisca and Aquilas, and Onesiphorus' household;+ 20Erastus did remain in Corinth, and Trophimus I left in Miletus infirm;+ 21be diligent to come before winter. Salute thee doth Eubulus, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.+ 22The Lord Jesus Christ is with thy spirit; the grace is with you! Amen.+