2 Timothy 4:6
As for me, my life blood is already being poured out; the time of my departure is close at hand.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
In Context
7I have run the great race; I have finished the course; I have kept the faith.
Cross References
Genesis 50:24Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely remember you and bring you up from this land to the land which he promised by an oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”
Philippians 1:23My own desire is to depart and be with Christ, for this would be far better.
2 Peter 1:14for I know that the time for this ‘tent’ of mine to be put away is soon coming, as our Lord Jesus Christ himself assured me.
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 →