2 Timothy 4:8
Henceforth, lieth by for me—the crown, of righteousness, which the Lord will render unto me in that, day,—The righteous judge,—Ye, not alone unto me, but unto all them also who have loved his forthshining.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
7The noble contest, have I contested, the race, have I finished, the faith, have I kept:
9Give diligence to come unto me speedily,
Cross References
Psalms 7:11A God to vindicate the righteous,—And yet a God to be indignant throughout every day.
Proverbs 4:9She will give for thy head, a wreath of beauty, A crown of adorning, will she bestow upon thee.
Matthew 6:19Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal;
Matthew 24:36But, concerning that day and hour, no one, knoweth, neither the messengers of the heavens, nor the Son,—save the Father only.
Romans 2:5But, according to thy hardness, and [thine] impenitent heart, art treasuring up for thyself anger, in a day of anger and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,—
1 Corinthians 2:9But, even as it is written—The things which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and upon the heart of man have not come up,—whatsoever things God hath prepared for them that 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 →