2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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 now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
Cross References
Luke 8:15And that which is in the good ground, are those whosoever hearing the word in a beautiful and good heart, retain it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
John 4:34Jesus says to them, My food is that I may do the will of Him that sent me, and finish His work.
Acts 13:25And when John fulfilled his course, he said, What do you consider me to be? I am not he: but, behold, there comes one after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to loose.
1 Corinthians 9:24Do you not know that those running in the stadium, indeed all run, and one receives the prize? So run, that you may receive it.
1 Timothy 1:18This charge I commit unto you, O child Timothy, according to the prophecies that went before on you, that you may war a beautiful warfare in the same;
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 →