A   I testifye therfore before God ∧ before the LORDE Iesu Christ, which shal come to iudge the lyuynge and the deed, at his appearynge in his kyngdome: Preach thou the worde, be feruent, be it in season or out of season: Improue, rebuke, exhorte with all longe sufferynge and doctryne. For the tyme wil come, whan they shal not suffre wholsome doctryne, but after their awne lustes shal they (whose eares ytche) get them an heape of teachers, and shal turne their eares from the trueth, and shalbe geuen vnto fables. But watch thou in all thinges, suffre aduersite, do the worke of a preacher of the Gospell, fulfyll thine office vnto the vttemost.

^noteFor I am now ready to be offered, and the tyme of my departinge is at honde. I haue foughte a good fighte: I haue fulfylled the course: I haue kepte the faith. B   From hence forth there is layed vp for me a ^note crowne of righteousnes, which the LORDE the righteous iudge shal geue me in þt; daye: Howbeit not vnto me onely, but vnto all them that loue his c&obar;mynge. Make spede to come vnto me atonce.

For ^note Demas hath lefte me, and loueth this present worlde, and is departed vnto Tessalonica, Crescens in to Galacia, Titus vnto Dalmacia, Onely Lucas is with me. Take ^note Marke, ∧ brynge him with the: for he is profitable vnto me to the mynistracion. Tichicus haue I sent to Ephesus. The cloke that I lefte at Troada with Carpus brynge with the whan thou commest: and the bokes, but specially the parchem&ebar;t. ^noteAlex&abar;der the coppersmyth dyd me moch euell, the LORDE rewarde him acordynge to his dedes, of whom be thou ware also. For he withstode oure wordes sore.

C   In my first answerynge no man assisted me, but all forsoke me. I praye God that it be not layed to their charges. Notwitstondynge the LORDE stode by me, ∧ str&ebar;gthed me, that by me the preachinge shulde be fulfylled to the vttemost, and that all the Heyth&ebar; shulde heare. And I was delyuered out of the mouth of the lyon. And the LORDE shal delyuer me from all euell doynge, and shal kepe me vnto his heauenly kyngdome. To whom be prayse for euer and euer, Amen.

Salute Prisca and ^note Aquila, and þe; hou&esset;holde of Onesiphorus. ^noteErastus abode at Corinthum. But ^note Trophimus left I sicke at Milet&ubar;. Make spede to come before wynter. Eubolus, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren salute the. The LORDE Iesus Christ be with thy sprete. Grace be with you, Amen. The seconde epistle vnto Timothy, wrytten from Rome, wh&abar; Paul was presented the seconde tyme before the Emperoure Nero.

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