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And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.[a] You, however, be self-controlled[b] in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry. For I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for me to depart[c] is at hand.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 4:4 sn These myths were legendary tales characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus and Crete. See parallels in 1 Tim 1:4; 4:7; and Titus 1:14.
  2. 2 Timothy 4:5 tn Or “sober,” “temperate.”
  3. 2 Timothy 4:6 tn Grk “of my departure.”