2 Timothy 4:8
For hence foorth is laide vp for me the crowne of righteousnesse, which the Lord the righteous iudge shall giue me at that day: and not to me onely, but vnto all them also that loue that his appearing.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
7I haue fought a good fight, and haue finished my course: I haue kept the faith.
9Make speede to come vnto me at once:
Cross References
Psalms 7:11God iudgeth the righteous, and him that contemneth God euery day.
Proverbs 4:9She shall giue a comely ornamet vnto thine head, yea, she shall giue thee a crowne of glorie.
Matthew 6:19Lay not vp treasures for your selues vpon the earth, where the mothe and canker corrupt, and where theeues digge through and steale.
Matthew 24:36But of that day and houre knoweth no man, no not the Angels of heauen, but my father only.
Romans 2:5But thou, after thine hardnesse, and heart that canot repent, heapest vp as a treasure vnto thy selfe wrath against the day of wrath, and of the declaration of the iust iudgement of God,
1 Corinthians 2:9But as it is written, The thinges which eye hath not seene, neither eare hath heard, neither came into mans heart, are, which God hath prepared for them that loue him.
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 →