2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:
Revised Version 1895
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 already being offered, and the time of my departure is come.
Cross References
Judges 3:2only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof;
Luke 8:15And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.
John 4:34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.
Acts 13:25And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, What suppose ye that I am? I am not he. But behold, there cometh one after me, the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to unloose.
1 Corinthians 9:24Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run, that ye may attain.
1 Timothy 1:18This charge I commit unto thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that by them thou mayest war the good warfare;
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 →