2 Timothy 4:2

“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.”

"Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine." - 2 Timothy 4:2
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What does 2 Timothy 4:2 mean?

2 Timothy 4:2 (KJV) reads, "Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine." This verse is a part of the second letter that Paul wrote to Timothy, whom he had mentored and trained in the ways of the faith. In…

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The Urgency and Purpose of Preaching: A Call to Faithfulness

In the epistle of 2 Timothy, we find Paul, the Apostle, earnestly exhorting his protégé Timothy amidst a backdrop of turbulence and challenge in the early Church. The instruction encapsulated in 2 Timothy 4:2 is not merely a suggestion; it is a divine mandate for anyone who…

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A Prayer for Faithful Proclamation of God's Word

Heavenly Father, We come before Your majestic throne, grateful for the gift of Your Word, which is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path (Psalm 119:105). Today, we reflect deeply on the words of 2 Timothy 4:2, which exhorts us, "Preach the word; be instant in season…

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2 Timothy 4:2 - "Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine."
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2 Timothy 4:12 - "And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus."
2 Timothy 4:19 - "Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus."
2 Timothy 4:4 - "And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."
2 Timothy 4:9 - "Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:"
2 Timothy 2:4 - "No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier."
1 Timothy 4:2 - "Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;"
2 Timothy 4:22 - "The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen."
2 Timothy 4:20 - "Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick."
2 Timothy 3:4 - "Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;"
1 Timothy 2:4 - "Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth."
2 Timothy 4:6 - "For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand."
2 Timothy 4:15 - "Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words."
2 Timothy 1:4 - "Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;"
2 Timothy 4:14 - "Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:"
2 Timothy 4:11 - "Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry."
2 Timothy 4:13 - "The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments."
"And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus." - 2 Timothy 4:12
"Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus." - 2 Timothy 4:19
2 Timothy 4:7 - "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:"
2 Timothy 4:5 - "But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry."
2 Timothy 4:21 - "Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren."
2 Timothy 2:22
2 Timothy 2:15
2 Timothy 1:2 - "To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord."
2 Timothy 4:16 - "At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge."
2 Timothy 4:3 - "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;"