As for you, be steady and self-possessed; put up with hardship, perform your work as an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
I for my part am already being poured out like a libation. The time of my dissolution is near. I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. From now on a merited crown awaits me; on that Day the Lord, just judge that he is, will award it to me—and not only to me, but to all who have looked for his appearing with eager longing.