2 Timothy 4:6
For I am already being worn away, and the time of my dissolution presses close.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
In Context
7I have fought the good fight. I have completed the course. I have preserved the faith.
Cross References
Genesis 50:24And when he had made them swear and had said, “God will visit you; carry my bones with you from this place,”
Deuteronomy 31:14And the Lord said to Moses: “Behold, the days of your death draw near. Call Joshua, and stand in the tabernacle of the testimony, so that I may instruct him.” Therefore, Moses and Joshua went and stood in the tabernacle of the testimony.
Philippians 1:23For I am constrained between the two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, which is the far better thing,
2 Peter 1:14For it is certain that the laying to rest of this, my tabernacle, is approaching swiftly, just as our Lord Jesus Christ has also indicated to me.
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 →