2 Timothy 4:7 BSB — MannaFest

2 Timothy 4:7

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

I have fought a good fight - The Christian life is often represented as a conflict, or warfare; see the notes on 1Ti 6:12. That noble conflict with sin, the world, the flesh, and the devil, Paul now says he had been able to maintain. I have finished my course - The Christian life, too, is often represented as a “race” to be run; compare the notes at 1Co 9:24-26. I have kept the faith - I have steadfastly maintained the faith of the gospel; or, have lived a life of fidelity to my Master.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τὸν	ton	The	G3588 →
καλὸν	kalon	good	G2570 →
ἀγῶνα	agōna	fight	G73 →
ἠγώνισμαι,	ēgōnismai	I have fought,	G75 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
δρόμον	dromon	race	G1408 →
τετέλεκα,	teteleka	I have finished,	G5055 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
πίστιν	pistin	faith	G4102 →
τετήρηκα·	tetērēka	I have kept;	G5083 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Timothy 6:12
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.
leads to
- 1 Peter 5:10
  And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish…
- 1 Timothy 1:18
  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,
- 1 Corinthians 9:25–26
  Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
- Ephesians 6:10–18
  Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
Through
Acts 20:24
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…
leads to
- 2 Timothy 4:6–8
  For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.
- 2 Corinthians 12:10
  That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
- 2 Corinthians 4:1
  Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58
  Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.