2 Timothy 4 – The Listening Plan

Devotional

I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

– 2 Timothy 4:1-2

The final words of 1 Timothy 3 present the beautiful usefulness of the divinely inspired Scriptures. Chapter 4 then opens with the logical follow-up exhortation. “Therefore … Preach the Scriptures!”