2 Timothy 4:8
henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me at that day, and not to me only, but to all those who have loved his appearing.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith;
9Use diligence to come to me shortly.
Cross References
Psalms 7:11God is a righteous judge, And a God who is angry every day.
Proverbs 4:9She will give to thy head a graceful wreath, A beautiful crown will she bestow upon thee.
Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where the moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Matthew 24:36But that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.
Romans 2:5But according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou art treasuring up for thyself wrath against the day of wrath and of the manifestation of the righteous judgment of God,
1 Corinthians 2:9but, as it is written: “The things which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and which have not entered into the heart of man, the great things which God hath prepared for those that 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 →