2 Timothy 4:7
I have striven the good strife, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith;
Literal Standard Version
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 already being poured out, and the time of my release has arrived;
Cross References
Judges 3:2(only for the sake of the generations of the sons of Israel knowing, to teach them war, only those who formerly have not known them)—
Luke 8:15And that in the good ground: these are they who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, retain [it], and bear fruit in continuance.
John 4:34Jesus says to them, “My food is that I may do the will of Him who sent Me, and may finish His work;
Acts 13:25and as John was fulfilling the course, he said, Whom do you suppose I am? I am not [He], but behold, He comes after me, of whom I am not worthy to loose the sandal of [His] feet.
1 Corinthians 9:24have you not known that those running in a race—all indeed run, but one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain;
1 Timothy 1:18I commit to you this charge, child Timotheus, according to the prophecies that went before on you, that you may war 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 →