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.

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What Does 2 Timothy 4:2 Mean?

2 Timothy 4:2 is a verse from the Book of 2 Timothy, part of the New Testament. It appears in 2 Timothy chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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