2 Timothy 4:8
and henceforth there is preserved for me a crown of righteousness, with which my Lord, the righteous Judge, will recompense me in that day; and not me only, but them also who love his manifestation.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
7I have fought a good combat, I have completed my race, I have preserved my fidelity;
9Exert thyself to come to me quickly.
Cross References
Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust spoil, and where thieves dig through and steal.
Matthew 24:36But of that day and of that hour, knoweth no man, nor even the angels of heaven, but the Father only.
Romans 2:5But, because of the hardness of thy unrepenting heart, thou art treasuring up a store of wrath against the day of wrath, and against the revelation of the righteous judgment of God:
1 Corinthians 2:9But, as it is written: The eye hath not seen, nor hath the ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man, that which God hath prepared for those who love 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 →