2 Timothy 4:8
from now on there is laid up for me the garland of righteousness that the LORD—the Righteous Judge—will give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving His appearing.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7I have striven the good strife, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith;
9Be diligent to come to me quickly,
Cross References
Psalms 7:11God [is] judging right, || And He is not angry at all times.
Proverbs 4:9She gives a wreath of grace to your head, || She gives you a crown of beauty freely.”
Matthew 6:19Do not treasure up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,
Matthew 24:36And concerning that day and the hour no one has known—not even the messengers of the heavens—except My Father only;
Romans 2:5But according to your hardness and impenitent heart, you treasure up wrath to yourself in [the] day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
1 Corinthians 2:9but according as it has been written: “What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and on the heart of man did not come up, what God prepared for those loving 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 →