2 Timothy 4:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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 contest-ex. gr., the race-course (1 Corinthians 9:24, etc.; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Timothy 6:12.

I have finished my course - realizing his former resolution, Acts 20:24; Philippians 3:12-14.

Kept (inviolate) the faith - committed to me as a believer and an apostle (cf. 2 Timothy 1:14; Revelation 2:10; Revelation 3:10).

2 Timothy 4:7

7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: