2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.
World English Bible British
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 offered, and the time of my departure has come.
Cross References
Judges 3:2only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at least those who knew nothing of it before:
Luke 8:15Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.
John 4:34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
Acts 13:25As John was fulfilling his course, he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, one comes after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’
1 Corinthians 9:24Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, so that you may win.
1 Timothy 1:18I commit this instruction to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which were given to you before, that by them you may wage the good warfare,
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 →