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preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.
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Preach Always, Everywhere
The command to be ready "in season and out of season" is a call to constant, urgent ministry. Scholars explain this isn't just about scheduled sermons but about seizing every opportunity to share the gospel—whether convenient or inconvenient, in times of peace or danger, to willing and unwilling listeners. The work of ministry has no set hours.
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2 Timothy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Preach the word. The word of God; the gospel. This was to be the main business of the life of Timothy, and Paul solemnly charges him, in v…
Preach the word (κηρυξον τον λογον). First aorist active imperative of κηρυσσω. For "the word" used absolutely, see [Reference 1 T…
19th Century
Anglican
Preach the word.—The language of the original here is abrupt and emphatic, written evidently under strong emotion and with intense…
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Baptist
I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; preach the…
The basic charge is: “Preach [GK 3062] the Word.” Preachers are not to air their own opinions but to proclaim God’s eternal, authoritative Word of …
16th Century
Protestant
Be instant in season, out of season. By these words he recommends not only constancy, but also earnestness, in order to overcome all hindr…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Preach the word Either Christ the essential Word, who is the sum and substance of the Gospel ministry; or the word o…
People will turn away from the truth; they will grow weary of the plain gospel of Christ, they will be greedy for fables, and take pleasure in them…
13th Century
Catholic
Having mentioned the dangers that will appear in the last days and Timothy’s ability to resist them, the Apostle now shows him how to res…
