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2 Timothy 4:2

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Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
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  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:14Rank 1 from verse 2
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    14Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.

  2. 1 Timothy 4:15–16Rank 2 from verse 2
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    15Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

    16Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

  3. Revelation 3:19Rank 3 from verse 2
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    19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

  4. 1 Timothy 4:13Rank 4 from verse 2
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    13Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

  5. Titus 2:15Rank 5 from verse 2
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    15These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

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2 Timothy 4:2

COMBINED MEANING

word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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instant

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Sense 1: A moment or precise point of time. Sense 2: Urgent, pressing, persistent, or ready.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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season

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Sense 1: An appointed time or period. Sense 2: As a verb, to prepare, mature, or make suitable.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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reprove

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To expose, demonstrate, convict, refute, correct, censure, or call to account for fault, error, sin, or false words.

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rebuke

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1. A reproof, censure, or expression of blame or displeasure; to reprove or censure. 2. To command something to cease or be restrained.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

doctrine

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That which is taught; teaching or instruction.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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1I CHARGE thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

2Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

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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;

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