2 Timothy 4:6–8
Near his departure, Paul says he has fought the good fight and kept the faith
Study it word by word6For I am already being poured out as a libation, and the time of my departure has come.
7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
8From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
In its context
4and they will turn away their ears from the truth and turn aside to myths.
5But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your service.
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9Make every effort to come to me soon;
10for Demas, having loved the present age, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
Its words in the original
- ἤδηēdē· already
Already, by now.
- σπένδομαιspendomai· be poured out
Be poured out as a drink offering: the wine poured over a sacrifice.
- καιρὸςkairos· time, right time
Time, the appointed moment.
- ἀναλύσεώςanalyseōs· departure
Departure, setting sail; used of death as a departure.
- ἐφέστηκενephestēken· stand by, come upon
Stand by, appear suddenly beside someone; come upon, arrive; of an event, be at hand, come on.
- καλὸνkalon· good, beautiful
Good, beautiful, noble.
- ἀγῶναagōna· struggle, contest
Contest, struggle; also the race or competition of athletes.
- ἠγώνισμαιēgōnismai· fight, strive
Strive, struggle, fight.
- δρόμονdromon· course, race
Course, race: the course a person runs, the task of a lifetime.
- τετέλεκαteteleka· finish, complete
Finish, complete, fulfill.
- πίστινpistin· faith
Faith: firm trust in God; also faithfulness.
- τετήρηκαtetērēka· keep
Keep, obey; also guard, preserve.
- λοιπὸνloipon· the rest, remaining
The rest, the others; as an adverb, "from now on", "finally".
- ἀπόκειταίapokeitai· be stored up
Be stored up, be laid away, be reserved; be appointed.
- δικαιοσύνηςdikaiosynēs· righteousness
Righteousness: what is right before God, and living by it.
- στέφανοςstephanos· crown
Crown, wreath.
- ἀποδώσειapodōsei· give back, pay
Pay, give back, give what is owed.
- κύριοςkyrios· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- ἡμέρᾳhēmerai· day
Day. "In the days of" someone: in their time.
- δίκαιοςdikaios· righteous, just
Righteous, just: someone who lives by what is right before God.
- κριτήςkritēs· judge
Judge: one who decides a case; also one who rules.
- μόνονmonon· only, alone
Alone, only.
- ἠγαπηκόσιēgapēkosi· love
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
- ἐπιφάνειανepiphaneian· appearing
Appearing: a visible, glorious showing.