“ I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: ”
I 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 devi...
( c ) 2 Timothy 4:1-8 . Timothy's Duty in the Crisis. Threatened with such opposition ( 2 Timothy 3:1-9 ) and strengthened by such safeguards ( 2 Timothy 3:10-17 ), Timothy must persistently teach...
fought . Greek. agonizomai . See Luke 13:24 . a . the. fight . Greek. agon. See Phil. I. so and compare 1 Timothy 6:12 . finished . Greek. te leo. Compare App-126 2 Timothy 1:2 , my...
7 I have fought the good fight Because it is customary to form a judgment from the event, Paul’s fight might have been condemned on the ground that it did not end happily. He therefore boast...
DISCOURSE: 2259 A CHRISTIAN’S DYING REFLECTIONS 2 Timothy 4:7-8 . I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righ...
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: I have fought a good fight - Every reader will perceive that the apostle, as was his very frequent custom, alludes to t...
I have fought a good fight, &c.— I have maintained the good combat, I have finished my race, &c. The apostle here again alludes to the agonistic games. See 1 Timothy 6:12 . Two of the...
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 'I have striven the good strife of faith' х eegoonismai ( G75 )], includes, besides a fight, any competitive c...
St. Paul's Last Messages and Counsels 1-8. The Apostle, knowing that his days are fast drawing to a close, exhorts Timothy to increased diligence and earnestness in his teaching, in view of the im...
I have fought a good fight. — More accurately, more forcibly rendered, the good fight. St. Paul changes the metaphor, and adopts his old favourite one, so familiar to all Gentile readers, of the...
Chapter 35 THE PARADOXICAL EXULTATION OF THE APOSTLE-HIS APPARENT FAILURE AND THE APPARENT FAILURE OF THE CHURCH-THE GREAT TEST OF SINCERITY. - 2 Timothy 4:5-8 ST. CHRYSOSTOM tells us that this...
The Victor's Final Charge 2 Timothy 4:1-12 To the end Paul held to the appearing of Jesus, though he might not live to see it; and it was to precede and usher in the coming of the Kingdom. The...
As the result of these charges, the apostle shows what Timothy's attitude must be toward those over whom he has oversight. There are four things which he must do. "Preach the Word," "reprove," "rebuk...
(6) For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. (7) I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: (8) Henceforth there is laid up for me...
KEEPING THE FAITH ‘I have kept the faith.’ 2 Timothy 4:7 This was the satisfaction on which St. Paul’s mind rested when he contemplated the close of his earthly work. I. When St. Paul sai...
I have fought a good fight ,.... The fight of faith; the same as in 1 Timothy 6:10 1 Timothy 6:10 : I have finished my course , or race; the race of life set before him, his course of years; h...
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Ver. 7. I have fought a good fight ] The nearer anything is to the centre, the more strongly and swiftly it moveth....
But watch thou Both over thyself and flock, and withstand the beginnings of all these corruptions; let thy mind be awake and watchful; in all things Whatever thou art doing, let this be thy earne...
The apostle writes this last chapter with a deepening sense in his soul of the nearness of his martyrdom; and it is most precious to observe how the solemnity of his charge to Timothy is mingled with...
Ministerial Duties; The Apostle's Joyful Expectation. A. D. 66. 1 I charge thee therefore be...
I have fought a good fight; my life hath been a military life, but I have not fought the evil fights of ambitious or quarrelsome men: my fighting hath been the good and noble fight of faith, a figh...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 2 Timothy 4:6 . For I am now ready to be offered. —R.V. “I am already being offered.” R.V. margin, “poured out as a drink-offering.” When the gaoler took the cup o...
2 Timothy 4:7 I. Look at the Christian life under the aspect of a fight. In a sense, this aspect of life is not peculiar to that of the Christian. Indeed, I dare to say, that, so far from the foll...
2 Timothy 4:1-2 . 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; preach the word; We are not to use such s...
2 Timothy 4:1 . I charge thee therefore before God preach the word. Paul speaks here as a dying man, soon to appear before the throne of God and the Lamb. Soldiers must not sleep in war without a...
EXPOSITION 2 Timothy 4:1 In the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus for therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, A.V. and T.R.; and by for at, A.V. and T.R. I charge thee (δι...
Paul's Fight and Victory.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ; 1 Timothy 6:12 ; 1 Timothy 6:20 ; 2 Timothy 1:14 ; Acts 13:25 ; Acts 20:24 ; Hebrews 12:1 ; Hebrews 12:2 ; John 17:6 ; John 4:34 ; Luke 11:28 ; Luke 8:15 ; Philip...
Life's Backward and Forward Look 2 Timothy 4:1-8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. There is a time when we should not look backward. (1) We should not look back with a heart of longing after the fleshpot...