2 Timothy 4:6
For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.
World English Bible British
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 fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.
Cross References
Genesis 50:24Joseph said to his brothers, “I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
Deuteronomy 31:14The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, your days approach that you must die. Call Joshua, and present yourselves in the Tent of Meeting, that I may commission him.” Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the Tent of Meeting.
Philippians 1:23But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
2 Peter 1:14knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to 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 →