2 Timothy 4:2

2 Timothy 4:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
• English Standard Version (ESV)preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Preach the word of God. Be prepared, whether the time is favorable or not. Patiently correct, rebuke, and encourage your people with good teaching.

Context of 2 Timothy 4:2

1In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

2 Timothy 4:2 word by word

κήρυξον τὸν λόγον, ἐπίστηθι εὐκαίρως ἀκαίρως, ἔλεγξον, ἐπιτίμησον, παρακάλεσον ἐν πάσῃ μακροθυμίᾳ καὶ διδαχῇ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Preachκηρύσσωkērussō · to preachG2784
• the wordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• be instantἐφίστημιephistēmi · to approachG2186
• in seasonεὐκαίρωςeukairōs · well timedG2122
• out of seasonἀκαίρωςakairōs · unseasonablyG171
• reproveἐλέγχωelegchō · to rebukeG1651
• rebukeἐπιτιμάωepitimaō · to rebukeG2008
• exhortπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
• withἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• longsufferingμακροθυμίαmakrothumia · patienceG3115
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• doctrineδιδαχήdidachē · teachingG1322

Cross-references for 2 Timothy 4:2

• Psalms 40:9I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly; I do not seal my lips, Lord, as you know.
• Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,
• Jonah 3:2“Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”
• Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,
• Luke 9:60Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
• Romans 10:15And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
• Colossians 1:25I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness—
• Luke 7:4When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this,
• Acts 13:5When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. John was with them as their helper.
• Romans 12:12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
• 1 Timothy 4:15Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.
• John 4:6Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.
• Acts 16:13On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there.
• Acts 20:7On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight.
• Acts 28:16When we got to Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
• Colossians 1:28He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ.

Commentaries on 2 Timothy 4:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Preach the word - · Proclaim the doctrine, the doctrine of Christ crucified, for the sins of the whole world; the doctrine, that the Gentiles are invited to be fellow heirs with the Jews, and that for Jews and Gentiles there is no salvation but by faith in Christ. Be instant in season, out of season - , . Be urgent whether the times be prosperous or adverse, whenever there is an opportunity; and when there is none, strive to make one. The Judge is at the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Preach the word - The Word of God; the gospel. This was to be the main business of the life of Timothy, and Paul solemnly charges him in view of the certain coming of the Redeemer to judgment, to be faithful in the performance of it. Be instant - see the notes at Romans 12:12. The meaning here is, that he should be constant in this duty. Literally, “to stand by, or to stand fast by;” that is, he was to be pressing or urgent in the performance of this…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8Timothy's ministry truly existed in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus. Paul commanded him to work, expecting the return of Jesus to judge and establish his kingdom (see 1 Timothy 5:21; 6:13–14). Christ’s appearing will bring: spiritual cleaning (2 Timothy 2:19), accountability (3:8–9), salvation, declaration of righteousness, and reward (4:8, 18). See also 1 Corinthians 3:10–15; 4:4–5; 2 Corinthians 5:10.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Preach--literally, "proclaim as a herald." The term for the discourses in the synagogue was daraschoth; the corresponding Greek term (implying dialectial style, dialogue, and discussion, Ac 17:2, 18; 18:4, 19) is applied in Acts to discourses in the Christian Church. Justin Martyr [Apology, 2], describes the order of public worship, "On Sunday all meet and the writings of the apostles and prophets are read; then the president delivers a discourse…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Timothy 4:2

• Church
• Diligence
• Fear of God
• Longsuffering
• Minister, Christian
• Reproof

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on 2 Timothy 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings