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;
preach the word; be instant in season, out
of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort
with all longsuffering and doctrine.
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;
and they shall turn away their ears from the truth,
and shall be turned unto fables.
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions,
do the work of an evangelist, make
full proof of thy ministry.
For I am now ready to be offered,
and the time of my departure is at hand.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith:
henceforth there is laid up for me
a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge,
shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all
them also that love his appearing.