2 Timothy 4:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;

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  • Titus 2:15 : 15 On all these points give teaching and help, and make clear what is right with all authority. Let all men give you honour.
  • 1 Tim 5:20 : 20 Say sharp words to sinners when all are present, so that the rest may be in fear.
  • Titus 1:13 : 13 This witness is true. So say sharp words to them so that they may come to the right faith,
  • 1 Tim 4:13 : 13 Till I come, give attention to the reading of the holy Writings, to comforting the saints, and to teaching.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.
  • 2 Tim 3:10 : 10 But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;
  • 2 Tim 2:21 : 21 If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.
  • 1 Thess 5:14 : 14 And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.
  • Rom 12:12 : 12 Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,
  • Col 1:28-29 : 28 Whom we are preaching; guiding and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that every man may be complete in Christ; 29 And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.
  • Jonah 3:2 : 2 Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and give it the word which I have given you.
  • Acts 16:31-33 : 31 And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation. 32 And they gave the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33 And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away.
  • Acts 20:7 : 7 And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.
  • Acts 20:18-21 : 18 And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia, 19 Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews: 20 And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately, 21 Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Ps 40:9 : 9 I have given news of righteousness in the great meeting; O Lord, you have knowledge that I have not kept back my words.
  • Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again; 2 To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad; 3 To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.
  • Acts 28:30-31 : 30 And for the space of two years, Paul was living in the house of which he had the use, and had talk with all those who went in to see him, 31 Preaching the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ without fear, and no orders were given that he was not to do so.
  • Rom 10:15 : 15 And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.
  • Luke 4:18-19 : 18 The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains, 19 To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure is come.
  • Luke 7:4 : 4 And they, when they came to Jesus, made their request warmly, saying,
  • Luke 7:23 : 23 And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.
  • Luke 9:60 : 60 But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their dead; it is for you to go and give news of the kingdom of God.
  • John 4:6-9 : 6 Now Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, being tired after his journey, was resting by the fountain. It was about the sixth hour. 7 A woman of Samaria came to get water, and Jesus said to her, Give me some water. 8 For his disciples had gone to the town to get food. 9 The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria. 10 In answer Jesus said, If you had knowledge of what God gives freely and who it is who says to you, Give me water, you would make your prayer to him, and he would give you living water.
  • John 4:32-34 : 32 But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge. 33 So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food? 34 Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
  • Acts 13:5 : 5 And at Salamis they were preaching the word of God in the Synagogues of the Jews: and John was with them, helping them.
  • Acts 16:13 : 13 And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together.
  • 1 Thess 2:11-12 : 11 Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness, 12 So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory.
  • Gal 6:6 : 6 But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher.
  • Col 1:25 : 25 Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,
  • 1 Thess 5:20 : 20 Do not make little of the words of the prophets;
  • 1 Tim 4:15-16 : 15 Have a care for these things; give yourself to them with all your heart, so that all may see how you go forward. 16 Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.
  • 2 Tim 2:25 : 25 Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,
  • Heb 13:22 : 22 But, brothers, take kindly the words which I have said for your profit; for I have not sent you a long letter.
  • Acts 28:16 : 16 And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.

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    3 For the time will come when they will not take the true teaching; but, moved by their desires, they will get for themselves a great number of teachers for the pleasure of hearing them;

    4 And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories.

    5 But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.

  • 1 Tim 4:11-13
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    11 Let these be your orders and your teaching.

    12 Let no one make little of you because you are young, but be an example to the church in word, in behaviour, in love, in faith, in holy living.

    13 Till I come, give attention to the reading of the holy Writings, to comforting the saints, and to teaching.

  • 2 Tim 4:1
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    1 I give you orders, before God and Christ Jesus, who will be the judge of the living and the dead, and by his revelation and his kingdom;

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    15 On all these points give teaching and help, and make clear what is right with all authority. Let all men give you honour.

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    14 Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.

    15 Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.

  • Titus 2:1-2
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    1 But let your words be in agreement with true and right teaching:

    2 That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind.

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    3 Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;

    4 But in everything making it clear that we are the servants of God, in quiet strength, in troubles, in need, in sorrow,

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    24 For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,

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    6 If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:

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    3 It was my desire, when I went on into Macedonia, that you might make a stop at Ephesus, to give orders to certain men not to put forward a different teaching,

    4 Or to give attention to stories and long lists of generations, from which come questionings and doubts, in place of God's ordered way of life which is in faith;

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    14 And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.

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    15 Have a care for these things; give yourself to them with all your heart, so that all may see how you go forward.

    16 Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.

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    7 In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour,

    8 Saying true and right words, against which no protest may be made, so that he who is not on our side may be put to shame, unable to say any evil of us.

    9 Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument;

    10 Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.

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    3 If any man gives different teaching, not in agreement with the true words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the teaching which is in agreement with true religion,

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    9 Keeping to the true word of the teaching, so that he may be able to give comfort by right teaching and overcome the arguments of the doubters.

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    13 This witness is true. So say sharp words to them so that they may come to the right faith,

  • 2 Tim 2:2-3
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    2 And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.

    3 Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.

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    2 With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;

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    1 But the Spirit says clearly that in later times some will be turned away from the faith, giving their minds to spirits of deceit, and the teachings of evil spirits,

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    31 So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.

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    9 Do your best to come to me before long:

  • 1 Tim 5:20
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    20 Say sharp words to sinners when all are present, so that the rest may be in fear.

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    4 And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:

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    12 For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.

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    12 For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

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    2 To say no evil of any man, not to be fighters, to give way to others, to be gentle in behaviour to all men.

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    1 And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.

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    16 Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:

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    4 Be glad in the Lord at all times: again I say, Be glad.

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    22 But, brothers, take kindly the words which I have said for your profit; for I have not sent you a long letter.

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    12 And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;

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    10 But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;

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    4 But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.

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    8 And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

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    7 Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;

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    10 For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.