Preach the Word

1I testifie therefore before God, & the Lorde Iesus Christe, which shall iudge the quicke and the dead at his appearyng, and his kingdome. 2Preache the worde, be instant in season, out of season: Improue, rebuke, exhort in all long sufferyng and doctrine. 3For the tyme wyll come, when they shall not suffer wholsome doctrine: but after their owne lustes, shal they whose eares itche, get the an heape of teachers: 4And shall turne away their hearyng from the trueth, and shalbe turned vnto fables. 5But watche thou in all thynges, suffer afflictions, do the worke of an Euangelist, fulfyll thy ministerie:

6For I am nowe redie to be offered, & the tyme of my dissolution is at hande. 7I haue fought a good fyght, I haue fulfylled my course, I haue kept ye faith. 8Hencefoorth there is layde vp for me a crowne of ryghteousnesse, which the Lorde, the ryghteous iudge, shall geue me at that day: not to me only, but vnto the also yt haue loued his appearyng.

Personal Concerns

9Do thy diligence to come shortly vnto me. 10For Demas hath forsaken me, hauing loued this present worlde, and is departed vnto Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus vnto Dalmatia. 11Only Luke is with me. Takyng Marke and bryng him with thee, for he is profitable vnto me for ye ministration. 12And Tychicus haue I sent to Ephesus. 13The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, whe thou commest bring with thee, and the bookes, but specially the parchementes. 14Alexander the coppersmith shewed me much euyll: The Lorde rewarde hym accordyng to his deedes. 15Of whom be thou ware also: For he hath greatly withstande our preaching.

The Lord Remains Faithful

16At my first aunsweryng, no man assisted me, but all forsoke me, I pray God yt it may not be layde to their charges: 17Notwithstandyng, the Lorde assisted me, and strengthed me, that by me the preachyng should be fulfylled to the vtmost, and that all the gentiles should heare, and I was deliuered out of the mouth of the Lion. 18And the Lorde shall delyuer me from euery euyll worke, & will preserue me vnto his heauenly kingdome: To who be prayse for euer and euer. Amen.

Final Greetings
(Ephesians 6:21–24; Philippians 4:21–23)

19Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the housholde of Onesiphorus. 20Erastus abode at Corinthum: But Trophimus haue I left at Miletum sicke. 21Do thy diligece to come before winter. Eubolus greeteth thee, and Pudens, & Linus, and Claudia, & all the brethre.

22The Lorde Iesus Christe be with thy spirite: Grace be with you. Amen. The seconde epistle vnto Timothe, was written from Rome, when Paul was presented the seconde tyme vnto the Emperour Nero.