5But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.


In Context

2 preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.

3 For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts;

4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.

5 But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

6 For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.

7 I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

2 Timothy 4:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:5But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:5But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:5But be thou vigilant, labour in all things, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry. Be sober.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:5But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5But thou, be sober in all things, bear evils, do the work of an evangelist, fill up the full measure of thy ministry.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:5But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill thy ministry.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5And thou — watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:5But watch you in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of your ministry.