2 Timothy 4:7

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

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 about to be offered, 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 in that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

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Cross References

Luke 8:15But that in the good ground, these are they who, in an honest and good heart, having heard, hold fast the word, and bring forth fruit with patience.

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

Acts 13:25Now as John was finishing his course, he said: Whom do ye suppose me to be? I am not he. But, behold, there comes one after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

1 Corinthians 9:24Know ye not that they who run in a race, all indeed run, but one receives the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

1 Timothy 1:18This charge I commit to thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before concerning thee, that thou mayest wage in them 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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