2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith:

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

In Context

6For I am now ready to be poured out, and the time of my departure is at hand.

8henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me at that day; and not to me only, but to all those who love his appearing.

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Cross References

Luke 8:15But that on the good ground are those who, in a good and honest heart, hear the word, and keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

John 4:34Jesus said to them: My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

Acts 13:25And as John was finishing his course, he said: Who do you suppose that I am? I am not he; but behold, there is coming after me one, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

1 Corinthians 9:24Know you not that all the runners in the race-course run the race, but that one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain the prize.

1 Timothy 1:18This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, in accordance with the preceding prophecies concerning you, that by them you may war the good warfare,

Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 4:2-9

Ministerial Duties; The Apostle's Joyful Expectation. ( a. d. 66.) 1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3 For 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; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from… Read the whole commentary →

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