2 Timothy 4:8
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
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In Context
7I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
9Do your diligence to come shortly unto me:
Cross References
Psalms 7:11God judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
Proverbs 4:9She shall give to yours head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to you.
Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Matthew 24:36But of that day and hour knows no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Romans 2:5But after your hardness and refusing to repent heart treasure up unto yourself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
1 Corinthians 2:9But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has 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 →