1 Timothy 1:18-20 - Paul's Charge To Timothy

¹⁸ This commandment, son Timothy, I give thee, according to the prophecies which were before delivered concerning thee, that by them thou mightest war a good warfare; ¹⁹ holding faith and a good conscience, which some having renounced, as touching the faith, have been shipwrecked: ²⁰ of whom are Hymeneus and Alexander, whom I have delivered over unto Satan, that they may be corrected, so as to blaspheme no more.

¹ I ADJURE thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; ² preach the word, be urgent, in season, out of season; reprove, enjoin, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. ³ For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own inclinations will set up a herd of teachers for themselves, having the itch of hearing; ⁴ and will turn away their ears from the truth, and listen unto fables. ⁵ But watch thou in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fully discharge thy ministry.

⁶ For I am now ready to be sacrificed, and the time of my dissolution approaches. ⁷ I have struggled hard in the honourable contest, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith: ⁸ henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: yet not to me only, but also to all who have loved his appearing.