2 Timothy 4:7
The good agony I have fought, and my running I have completed, and my faith I have kept.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
In Context
6But I am sacrificed, and the time when I shall be dissolved cometh.
Cross References
Luke 8:15But that which (was) in good ground are they who, with hearts humble and good, hear the word and retain, and give fruits with perseverance.
John 4:34Jeshu saith to them, My meat is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
Acts 13:25And while Juhanon accomplished his ministry, he said, Whom think you that I am? I am not (he), but, behold, he cometh after me, he, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to unloose.
1 Corinthians 9:24Know you not, that they who run in the course, run all, but one taketh to him the victory? So run, that you may take hold.
1 Timothy 1:18This commandment I commit to thee, my son Timotheos, according to the early prophecies which were concerning thee, that thou mayest war through them this good warfare with faith and with a good conscience.
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 →