2 Timothy 4:8
henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord — the Righteous Judge — shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,
9Be diligent to come unto me quickly,
Cross References
Psalms 7:11God [is] a righteous judge, And He is not angry at all times.
Proverbs 4:9She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely.
Matthew 6:19'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,
Matthew 24:36'And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known — not even the messengers of the heavens — except my Father only;
Romans 2:5but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
1 Corinthians 2:9but, according as it hath been written, 'What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving 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 →