2 Timothy 4:5

In contrast, Timothy must be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, and fully carry out his ministry. Faithful endurance and gospel work are his calling whatever others do.

Cross-references · 25

• 2 Tim 2:3Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
• 2 Tim 1:8So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
• 1 Pet 1:13Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
• Col 4:17Tell Archippus: “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”
• 2 Tim 3:10–12You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance,
• 1 Tim 4:15Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.
• 1 Tim 4:12Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
• Acts 21:8Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.
• 1 Th 5:6So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.
• Eph 4:11And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
• Mark 13:37And what I say to you, I say to everyone: Keep watch!”
• Rev 3:2Wake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.
• Acts 20:30–31Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
• 2 Tim 2:10For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
• Heb 13:17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
• Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.
• Ezek 3:17“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
• Mark 13:34It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.
• Isa 62:6On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,
• Ezek 33:2“Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,
• Rom 15:19by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
• Jer 6:17I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’
• Ezek 33:7As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them the warning from Me.
• Isa 56:9–10Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
• Col 1:25I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,

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