{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/2-timothy/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T10:25:19.516Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"2 Timothy","bookSlug":"2-timothy","chapter":4,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":null,"totalChapters":4,"totalVerses":22},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"I do fully testify, then, before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is about to judge living and dead at his manifestation and his reign — "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers — itching in the hearing,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And thou — watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"for I am already being poured out, and the time of my release hath arrived;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord — the Righteous Judge — shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Be diligent to come unto me quickly,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"for Demas forsook me, having loved the present age, and went on to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Lukas only is with me; Markus having taken, bring with thyself, for he is profitable to me for ministration;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"and Tychicus I sent to Ephesus;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"the cloak that I left in Troas with Carpus, coming, bring thou and the books — especially the parchments."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; may the Lord repay to him according to his works,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"of whom also do thou beware, for greatly hath he stood against our words;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"in my first defence no one stood with me, but all forsook me, (may it not be reckoned to them!)"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"and the Lord stood by me, and did strengthen me, that through me the preaching might be fully assured, and all the nations might hear, and I was freed out of the mouth of a lion,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"and the Lord shall free me from every evil work, and shall save me — to his heavenly kingdom; to whom is the glory to the ages of the ages! Amen."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Salute Prisca and Aquilas, and Onesiphorus' household;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Erastus did remain in Corinth, and Trophimus I left in Miletus infirm;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"be diligent to come before winter. Salute thee doth Eubulus, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The Lord Jesus Christ is with thy spirit; the grace is with you! Amen."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 Timothy 4 (YLT)","markdown":"[2 Timothy 4](https://primebible.com/ylt/2-timothy/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/2-timothy/4 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}