“"But watch thou in all things, endure affliction." It was for this therefore, that he foretold these things; as Christ also toward the end predicted that there should be "false Christs and false prophets"; so he too, when he was about to depart, spoke of these things. "But watch thou in all things, endure affliction";…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on 2 Timothy 9
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5But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
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3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
— 2 Timothy 4:5 —
6For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
7I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: