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¹ I charge thee, before God, and our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who is to judge the living and the dead, at the manifestation of his kingdom,² 2 Proclaim the word; and persist [fn] with diligence, in time and out of time; admonish, and rebuke, with all patience and instructiveness. ³ For the time will come, when they will not give ear to sound teaching; but, according to their lusts, will multiply to themselves teachers, in the itching of their hearing;⁴ and will turn away their ears from the truth, and incline after fables.⁵ But be thou vigilant in all things; and endure evils, and do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill thy ministry.⁶ But I am soon to be immolated; and the time of my dissolution hath come.⁷ I have fought a good combat, I have completed my race, I have preserved my fidelity;⁸ and henceforth there is preserved for me a crown of righteousness, with which my Lord, the righteous Judge, will recompense me in that day; and not me only, but them also who love his manifestation.

⁹ Exert thyself to come to me quickly.¹⁰ For Demas hath left me; and hath loved this world and gone away to Thessalonica; Crispus to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.¹¹ Luke only is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is suitable for me, for ministration.¹² And Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus.¹³ And when thou comest, bring the bookcase, which I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, but especially the roll of parchments.¹⁴ Alexander the coppersmith showed me many ills: our Lord will reward him according to his doings.¹⁵ And do thou also beware of him; for he is very insolent against our words.

¹⁶ At my first defence, no one was with me, but they all forsook me. Let not this be reckoned to them.¹⁷ 17 But my Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fulfilled; and [fn] all the Gentiles might hear: and I was rescued from the mouth of the lion. ¹⁸ And my Lord will rescue me from every evil work; and will give me life in his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory, for ever and ever. Amen.¹⁹ Present a salutation to Priscilla and Aquila, and to the household of Onesiphorus.²⁰ Erastus hath stopped at Corinth; and Trophimus I left sick at the city of Miletus.²¹ Exert thyself to come before winter. Eubulus saluteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.²² Our Lord Jesus the Messiah be with thy spirit. Grace be with thee. Amen.