2 Timothy 4:1-7

1I chargetheetherefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

2Preach the word; be diligent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap up to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

4And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned to fables.

5But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.1

6For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

7I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: