2 Timothy 4:7
I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:
Bible in Basic English
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 even now being offered, and my end is near.
Cross References
Judges 3:2Only because of the generations of the children of Israel, for the purpose of teaching them war--only those who up till then had no experience of it;
Luke 8:15And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.
John 4:34Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
Acts 13:25And when John was completing his work, he said, What do I seem to you to be? I am not he; but one is coming after me, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.
1 Corinthians 9:24Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.
1 Timothy 1:18This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,
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 →