2 Timothy 4:7 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept th…”

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue fought a good fight, and haue finished my course: I haue kept the faith.

Darby Translation

I have combated the good combat, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Young's Literal Translation

the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,

Bible in Basic English

I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:

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Cross references

“have thought”

1 Timothy 6:12

1 Timothy 6:12 · BSB

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.

“I have finished”

1 Corinthians 9:24–27 Acts 20:24 John 4:34 Acts 13:25 Philippians 3:13 Philippians 3:14

1 Corinthians 9:24–27 · BSB

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.

Acts 20:24 · BSB

But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

John 4:34 · BSB

Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

Acts 13:25 · BSB

As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But there is One coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’

Philippians 3:13 · BSB

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

Philippians 3:14 · BSB

I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

“I have kept”

Revelation 3:8 Luke 8:15 Revelation 3:10 Luke 11:28 1 Timothy 6:20 2 Timothy 1:14

Revelation 3:8 · BSB

I know your deeds. Behold, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. I know that you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.

Luke 8:15 · BSB

But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.

Revelation 3:10 · BSB

Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

Luke 11:28 · BSB

But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

1 Timothy 6:20 · BSB

O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”

2 Timothy 1:14 · BSB

Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

Also

1 Timothy 1:18

1 Timothy 1:18 · BSB

Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.

8From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.

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