2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 [NRSV]
As for you,
continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing from whom
you learned it, and how from childhood you have known the sacred
writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in
Christ Jesus. All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for
teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in
righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient,
equipped for every good work.
In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is
to judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his
kingdom, I solemnly urge you: proclaim the message; be persistent
whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and
encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching. For the time is coming
when people will not put up with sound doctrine, but having itching
ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own
desires, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away
to myths. As for you, always be sober, endure suffering, do the work of
an evangelist, carry out your ministry fully.
May you, the reader be blessed by these words :)
Terry
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