2 Timothy 4:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.”
2 Timothy 4:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Timothy 4:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Timothy 4:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching.”
2 Timothy 4:2 — World English Bible
2 Timothy 4:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. ”
2 Timothy 4:2 — American Standard Version
2 Timothy 4:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,”
2 Timothy 4:2 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Timothy 4:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“proclaim the word; be urgent in season [and] out of season, convict, rebuke, encourage, with all longsuffering and doctrine. ”
2 Timothy 4:2 — Darby Translation
2 Timothy 4:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Preach the worde: be instant, in season and out of season: improue, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.”
2 Timothy 4:2 — Geneva Bible
2 Timothy 4:2 in Context — 2 Timothy 4
1 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;
2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
3 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;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
What Does 2 Timothy 4:2 Mean?
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