2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Majority Standard Bible
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 like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.
Cross References
Judges 3:2if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:
Luke 8:15But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
Acts 13:25As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But there is One coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’
1 Corinthians 9:24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
1 Timothy 1:18Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,
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 →