2 Timothy 4:8
henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day: and not only to me, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:
9Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:
Cross References
Psalms 7:11God is a righteous judge, yea, a God that hath indignation every day.
Proverbs 4:9She shall give to thine head a chaplet of grace: a crown of beauty shall she deliver to thee.
Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust doth consume, and where thieves break through and steal:
Matthew 24:36But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.
Romans 2:5but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
1 Corinthians 2:9but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, And which entered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God 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 →