2 Timothy 4:2 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 4:1 I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom:

2 Timothy 4:2 preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.

2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts;

2 Timothy 4:4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn away to fables.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "preach", "word", "urgent", "season", "reprove", "rebuke", and "exhort". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "preach" and "word", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "I command you therefore before God and..." into verse 3's "For the time will come when they...", so "preach" and "word" belong inside that flow. In 2 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "preach" and "word" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.