2 Timothy 4:2 BSB — MannaFest

2 Timothy 4:2

Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

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Commentary

5 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Letter 41 (397)

Hence the Apostle says, "What will ye, shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness." First he speaks of a rod, and as with the rod of an almond tree had smitten the wanderers, that he might afterwards comfort them with the spirit of meekness. Just so did meekness restore the man whom the rod had driven from the Divine sacraments. To his disciple too he gave the same injunctions, "Reprove, beseech, rebuke."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Be instant - Insist on, urge these things in season, out of season - That is, continually, at all times and places. It might be translated, with and without opportunity - Not only when a fair occasion is given: even when there is none, one must be made.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The reason of his concern in this case, Why must Timothy now be instant in season, &c., in a particular manner? Because the church was likely to be deprived of the apostle's labours, for his departure was at hand,

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Preach the word - Κηρυξον τον λογον· Proclaim the doctrine, the doctrine of Christ crucified, for the sins of the whole world; the doctrine, that the Gentiles are invited to be fellow heirs with the Jews, and that for Jews and Gentiles there is no salvation but by faith in Christ. Be instant in season, out of season - Επιστηθι ευκαιρως, ακαιρως. Be urgent whether the times be prosperous or adverse, whenever there is an opportunity; and when there is none, strive to make one. The Judge is at the door, and to every man eternity is at hand!

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
κήρυξον	kēruxon	do preach	G2784 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
λόγον,	logon	word,	G3056 →
ἐπίστηθι	epistēthi	do be ready	G2186 →
εὐκαίρως	eukairōs	in season	G2122 →
ἀκαίρως,	akairōs	[and] out of season,	G171 →
ἔλεγξον,	elegxon	do convict,	G1651 →
ἐπιτίμησον,	epitimēson	do rebuke,	G2008 →
παρακάλεσον	parakaleson	[and] do exhort	G3870 →
ἐν	en	with	G1722 →
πάσῃ	pasē	complete	G3956 →
μακροθυμίᾳ	makrothumia	patience	G3115 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
διδαχῇ.	didachēa	with instruction.	G1322 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 3:19
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
leads to
- Proverbs 3:11–12
  My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
- 1 Corinthians 11:32
  But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
- Hebrews 12:5–11
  And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
- Job 5:17
  Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
- Revelation 2:5
  Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from…
Through
1 Timothy 4:13
Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching.
leads to
- Acts 6:4
  and will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
Through
1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.
leads to
- Romans 14:1
  Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.
- Acts 20:35
  In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”