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2 Timothy 4:7
7I have combated the good combat, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
- New International Version (NIV)I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Context of 2 Timothy 4:7
5But thou, be sober in all things, bear evils, do [the] work of an evangelist, fill up the full measure of thy ministry. 6For I am already being poured out, and the time of my release is come. I have combated the good combat, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8Henceforth the crown of righteousness is laid up for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will render to me in that day; but not only to me, but also to all who love his appearing. 9Use diligence to come to me quickly;
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τὸν καλὸν ἀγῶνα ἠγώνισμαι, τὸν δρόμον τετέλεκα, τὴν πίστιν τετήρηκα·Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Timothy 4:7
- 1 Timothy 6:12Strive earnestly [in] the good conflict of faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses.
- John 4:34Jesus says to them, My food is that I should do the will of him that has sent me, and that I should finish his work.
- Acts 13:25And as John was fulfilling his course he said, Whom do ye suppose that I am? I am not [he]. But behold, there comes one after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.
- Acts 20:24But I make no account of [my] life [as] dear to myself, so that I finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace of God.
- 1 Corinthians 9:24Know ye not that they who run in [the] race-course run all, but one receives the prize? Thus run in order that ye may obtain.
- Philippians 3:13Brethren, I do not count to have got possession myself; but one thing — forgetting the things behind, and stretching out to the things before,
- Hebrews 12:1Let us also therefore, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and sin which so easily entangles us, run with endurance the race that lies before us,
- 2 Timothy 1:14Keep, by the Holy Spirit which dwells in us, the good deposit entrusted.
- Proverbs 23:23Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.
- Luke 8:15But that in the good ground, these are they who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
- Luke 11:28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep [it].
- John 17:6I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world. They were thine, and thou gavest them me, and they have kept thy word.
- 1 Timothy 6:20O Timotheus, keep the entrusted deposit, avoiding profane, vain babblings, and oppositions of false-named knowledge,
- Revelation 3:8I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an opened door, which no one can shut, because thou hast a little power, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
Commentaries on 2 Timothy 4:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7I have fought a good fight - Every reader will perceive that the apostle, as was his very frequent custom, alludes to the contests at the Grecian games: · I have wrestled that good wrestling - I have struggled hard, and have over come, in a most honorable cause. I have finished my course - I have started for the prize, and have come up to the goal, outstripping all my competitors, and have gained this prize also. I have kept the faith - As the laws of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7I have fought a good fight - The Christian life is often represented as a conflict, or warfare; see the notes on 1 Timothy 6:12. That noble conflict with sin, the world, the flesh, and the devil, Paul now says he had been able to maintain. I have finished my course - The Christian life, too, is often represented as a “race” to be run; compare the notes at 1 Corinthians 9:24-26. I have kept the faith - I have steadfastly maintained the faith of the gospel…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-8Verses 6-8 The blood of the martyrs, though not a sacrifice of atonement, yet was a sacrifice of acknowledgment to the grace of God and his truth. Death to a good man, is his release from the imprisonment of this world, and his departure to the enjoyments of another world. As a Christian, and a minister, Paul had kept the faith, kept the doctrines of the gospel. What comfort will it afford, to be able to speak in this manner toward the end of our days!…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Paul remained true to the trust (literally, "deposit") committed to him (see study notes on 1:12; 1 Timothy 6:20; compare Acts 20:24). He kept the integrity of the Christian faith and commanded Timothy to do the same (see 2 Timothy 2:3–7; 1 Timothy 1:18; 6:12; compare Romans 15:30–31; 1 Corinthians 9:25–27; Hebrews 12:1; Jude 1:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. "I have striven the good strife"; the Greek is not restricted to a fight, but includes any competitive contest, for example, that of the racecourse (1Ti 6:12 [Alford]; 1Co 9:24, &c.; He 12:1, 2). kept the faith--the Christian faith committed to me as a believer and an apostle (compare 2Ti 1:14; Re 2:10; 3:10).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Timothy 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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