2 Timothy 4:1-5 Session Devotional

English Standard Version Chapter 4

4 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: 2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

I. The Charge (1-2).

This use of “charge” literally means to exhort with authority in matters of extraordinary importance (BAGD). Paul has Timothy’s ministry in mind as the matter of extraordinary importance.

English Standard Version Chapter 4

3 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 passions, 4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

II. The Warning (3-4).

English Standard Version Chapter 4

5 As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

III. The Focus (5).