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I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
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preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching.
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For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings,
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and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander into myths.
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As for you, always be steady, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil your ministry.
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For I am already on the point of being sacrificed; the time of my departure has come.
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I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible)
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