1. I charge thee, before God and Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead, by his coming, and his kingdom:
2. Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine.
3. For there shall be a time, when they will not endure sound doctrine; but, according to their own desires, they will heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears:
4. And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables.
5. But be thou vigilant, labour in all things, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry. Be sober.