2 Timothy 4:6

2 Timothy 4:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
• New International Version (NIV)For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.

Context of 2 Timothy 4:6

4And they will turn away from hearing the truth and wander off to myths. 5You, however, keep a clear mind in all things, withstand hardship, do the work of proclaiming the Good News, and fulfill your service. For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. 7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. 8In the future there is reserved for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not to me only, but also to everyone who has longed for His appearing.

2 Timothy 4:6 word by word

Ἐγὼ γὰρ ἤδη σπένδομαι, καὶ ὁ καιρὸς τῆς ἀναλύσεώς μου ἐφέστηκεν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• amσπένδωspendō · to pour a libationG4689
• nowἤδηēdē · alreadyG2235
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the timeκαιρόςkairos · time/right timeG2540
• of myἐμόςemos · mineG1699
• departureἀνάλυσιςanalusis · departureG359
• is at handἐφίστημιephistēmi · to approachG2186

Cross-references for 2 Timothy 4:6

• Philippians 2:17But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and the service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.
• Genesis 48:21Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die. But God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.
• Genesis 50:24Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I’m about to die. But God will surely take notice of you and will bring you up from this land to the land that He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
• Numbers 27:12Then Adonai said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and look at the land that I have given to Bnei-Yisrael.
• Deuteronomy 31:14Then Adonai said to Moses, “Behold, your time to die is near. Call Joshua, and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, and I will commission him.” Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.
• Joshua 23:14“Now today I am about to go the way of all the earth. You will know with all your heart and with all your soul that not one word of the good things which Adonai your God spoke concerning you has failed to happen. All of them have come to pass for you; not one word has failed.
• Philippians 1:23I am torn between the two—having a desire to leave and be with Messiah, which is far better;
• 2 Peter 1:14knowing that my death is soon, as our Lord Yeshua the Messiah has made clear to me.

Commentaries on 2 Timothy 4:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6For I am now ready to be offered - · I am already poured out as a libation. See the note on Philemon 2:17. He considers himself as on the eve of being sacrificed, and looks upon his blood as the libation which was poured on the sacrificial offering. He could not have spoken thus positively had not the sentence of death been already passed upon him.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6For I am now ready to be offered - This conviction of the apostle that he was about to die, is urged as a reason why Timothy should be laborious and faithful in the performance of the duties of his office. His own work was nearly done. He was soon to be withdrawn from the earth, and whatever benefit the world might have derived from his experience or active exertions, it was now to be deprived of it. He was about to leave a work which he much loved, and…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. 6being poured like a drink offering: Paul regards his death as a sacrifice to God (see Exodus 29:40–41; Leviticus 23:13; Numbers 28:7; Philippians 2:17). This offering participates in Christ’s own sacrifice (see Colossians 1:24; see also Romans 12:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Greek, "For I am already being offered"; literally, as a libation; appropriate to the shedding of his blood. Every sacrifice began with an initiatory libation on the victim's head (compare Note, see on Php 2:17). A motive to stimulate Timothy to faithfulness--the departure and final blessedness of Paul; it is the end that crowns the work [Bengel]. As the time of his departure was indicated to Peter, so to Paul (2Pe 1:14). my departure--literally…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Timothy 4:6

• Death
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• Resignation
• Righteousness

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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