2 Timothy 4:7
I have competed in the good contest; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith.
Unlocked Literal 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. The time of my departure has come.
Cross References
Judges 3:2(He did this to teach warfare to the new generation of the Israelites who had not known it before.)
Luke 8:15But the seed that fell on the good soil, these are the ones who, hearing the word with an honest and good heart, hold it securely and bear fruit with patient endurance.
John 4:34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work.
Acts 13:25As John was finishing his work, he said, 'Who do you think I am? I am not the one. But listen, one is coming after me, the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'
1 Corinthians 9:24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run the race, but that only one receives the prize? So run to win the prize.
1 Timothy 1:18I am placing this command before you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that you might 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 →