2 Timothy 4:1-6 I SOLEMNLY charge you before God, and our LORD Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead when his kingdom is come;

Lamsa⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ I SOLEMNLY charge you before God, and our LORD Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead when his kingdom is come; ² Preach the word; and stand by it zealously in season and out of season, rebuke, reprove, through all patience and teaching. ³ For the time will come when men will not listen to sound doctrine; but they will add for themselves extra teachers according to their desires, being lured by enticing words; ⁴ And they will turn away their ears from the truth, and they will turn to fables. ⁵ But you must be awake to all things, endure hardships, do the work of a preacher, and fulfil your ministry. ⁶ From henceforth I am ready to die, and the time of my departure is at hand.