2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought in the glorious contest; I have run the race; I have kept the faith.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

In Context

6I for my part am a libation already being poured in sacrifice; and the time of my unmooring is at hand.

8Henceforth there is laid up for me the garland of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that Day, and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

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Cross References

Luke 8:15"And that in the good soil is those who have listened to the message and, in an honest and good heart, hold fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.

John 4:34Jesus said to them. "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

Acts 13:25"And John, when he was finishing his race, repeatedly asked the people. "‘Who do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold there comes One after me, whose sandal I am not worthy to unfasten.’

1 Corinthians 9:24Do you not know that in a foot-race, though all run, only one receives the prize? So run that you may win.

1 Timothy 1:18This charge then, I am laying upon you, Timothy, my son, according to the predictions formerly made concerning you. Fight the good fight in the spirit of these predictions,

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 →

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