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.

Cross References (34)

  • 1 Timothy 4:15–16 (25)

    Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:14 (25)

    And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyo

  • Revelation 3:19 (22)

    Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

  • 1 Timothy 4:13 (20)

    Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching.

  • Titus 2:15 (20)

    Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.

  • 2 Timothy 2:21 (19)

    So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and pre

  • Titus 1:13 (17)

    This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith

  • Galatians 6:6 (13)

    Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.

  • Romans 12:12 (12)

    Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.

  • Colossians 1:28–29 (11)

    We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.

  • 2 Timothy 3:10 (10)

    You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance,

  • 1 Timothy 5:20 (10)

    But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.

  • Luke 4:18–19 (10)

    “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim

  • Jonah 3:2 (9)

    “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”

  • Romans 10:15 (8)

    And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news

  • Acts 16:31–33 (8)

    They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”

  • Colossians 1:25 (8)

    I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,

  • Acts 28:30–31 (7)

    Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him.

  • John 4:32–34 (7)

    But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

  • Acts 20:7 (7)

    On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to t

  • Acts 16:13 (7)

    On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After si

  • Luke 9:60 (6)

    But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

  • Isaiah 61:1–3 (6)

    The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to

  • Luke 7:23 (5)

    Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”

  • Luke 7:4 (5)

    They came to Jesus and pleaded with Him earnestly, “This man is worthy to have You grant this,

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:20 (5)

    Do not treat prophecies with contempt,

  • Psalms 40:9 (5)

    I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.

  • 2 Timothy 2:25 (4)

    He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of th

  • John 4:6–10 (4)

    Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:11–12 (3)

    For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—

  • Acts 20:18–21 (3)

    When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the

  • Acts 13:5 (3)

    When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their

  • Hebrews 13:22 (3)

    I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.

  • Acts 28:16 (3)

    When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.