2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight, I have finished my race, I have kept the faith.

1770 John Worsley NT

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 now going to be sacrificed, and the time of my dissolution is near.

8As to what remains, there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me in that day: and not to me only, but also to all those who have longed for his appearance.

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Cross References

Luke 8:15But that on the good ground, are those who having heard the word, retain it in a good and honest heart, and bring forth fruit with patience.

John 4:34Jesus saith unto them, My food is to do the will of Him that sent me, and to finish his work.

Acts 13:25And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, Whom do ye take me to be? 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 those, who run in a race, do all indeed run, but one only receiveth the prize? So run that ye may obtain.

1 Timothy 1:18This charge I commit to thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which before came on thee, that by them thou mightest war a 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 →

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