1. I charge thee, before God and Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead, by his coming, and his kingdom:
2. Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine.
3. For there shall be a time, when they will not endure sound doctrine; but, according to their own desires, they will heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears: