4and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.
5And thou -- watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,
6for I am already being poured out, and the time of my release hath arrived;
7the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,
8henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord -- the Righteous Judge -- shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.