"But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. {make..…" — 2 Timothy 4:5

2 Timothy 4:5 · KJV

“But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. {make...; or, fulfil}”

— 2 Timothy 4:5

Verse 4

And they shall turn away {their} ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

Verse 6

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

2 Timothy 4 — Context

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;

And they shall turn away {their} ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. {make...; or, fulfil}

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

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

Cross References

2 Timothy 2:3

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 1:8

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

1 Peter 1:13

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; {to the end: Gr. perfectly}

Colossians 4:17

And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.

2 Timothy 3:10-12

But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, {fully...: or, been a diligent follower of}

1 Timothy 4:15

Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. {to all: or, in all things}

1 Timothy 4:12

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Acts 21:8

And the next {day} we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was {one} of the seven; and abode with him.