2 Timothy 4:6
For, I, already, am being poured out as a drink-offering, and, the season of my release, is at hand,—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
In Context
7The noble contest, have I contested, the race, have I finished, the faith, have I kept:
Cross References
Genesis 50:24Then said Joseph unto his brethren, I, am about to die,—but God will surely concern, himself for you, so will he take you up out of this land, into the land which he sware to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob.
Deuteronomy 31:14Then said Yahweh unto Moses: Lo! thy days have drawn near that thou must die. Call Joshua and station yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may command him. So Moses went, with Joshua, and they took their station in the tent of meeting.
Philippians 1:23I am held in constraint, however, by reason of the two,—having, the coveting, to be released, and to be with, Christ, for it were far better!
2 Peter 1:14Knowing that, speedy, is the putting off of my tent—even as, our Lord Jesus Christ also, made clear to me:
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 →