2 Timothy 4:8
henceforth 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.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
7I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith;
9Endeavor to come to me shortly.
Cross References
Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal.
Matthew 24:36But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Romans 2:5and after thy hardness and impenitent heart, art treasuring up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
1 Corinthians 2:9but (as it is written) things which eye saw not, nor ear heard, and which entered not into the heart of man, which God prepared for those who love him;
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 →