Bible verse
But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
2 Timothy 4:5 · BSB
The verses around it, from 2 Timothy 4.
1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:
2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.
3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
5 But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
6 For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
8 From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.
9 Make every effort to come to me quickly,
KJV
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
ASV
But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.
ERV
But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill thy ministry.
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