2 Timothy 4:5 (YLT)

Passage

And thou--watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 4:3 for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers--itching in the hearing,

2 Timothy 4:4 and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.

2 Timothy 4:5 And thou--watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,

2 Timothy 4:6 for I am already being poured out, and the time of my release hath arrived;

2 Timothy 4:7 the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "thou--watch", "suffer", "evil", "proclaiming", "good", "news", and "ministration". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "thou--watch", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "and indeed from the truth the hearing..." into verse 6's "for I am already being poured out...", so "all things" and "thou--watch" 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 "all things" and "thou--watch" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.