2 Timothy 4:7

Easy-to-Read Version

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have served the Lord faithfully.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

King James Version (1611)
I haue fought a good fight, I haue finished my course, I haue kept the faith.

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

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

New American Standard Bible
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith;

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

New American Standard Bible (1995)
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith;

Legacy Standard Bible
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.

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

Contemporary English Version
I have fought well. I have finished the race, and I have been faithful.

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

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

Geneva Bible (1587)
I haue fought a good fight, and haue finished my course: I haue kept the faith.

George Lamsa Translation
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my race, I have kept my faith:

Good News Translation
I have done my best in the race, I have run the full distance, and I have kept the faith.

Lexham English Bible
I have fought the good fight, I have completed the race, I have kept the faith.

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

Amplified Bible
I have fought the good and worthy and noble fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith [firmly guarding the gospel against error].

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

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

Hebrew Names Version
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

International Standard Version
I have fought the good fight. I have completed the race. I have kept the faith.1 Corinthians 9:24-25; Philippians 3:14; 1 Timothy 6:12; Hebrews 12:1;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
The good agony I have fought, and my running I have completed, and my faith I have kept.

Murdock Translation
I have fought a good combat, I have completed my race, I have preserved my fidelity;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I haue fought a good fyght, I haue fulfylled [my] course, I haue kept ye faith.

English Revised Version
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the 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.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith;

Weymouth's New Testament
I have gone through the glorious contest; I have run the race; I have guarded the faith.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y haue stryuun a good strijf, Y haue endid the cours, Y haue kept the feith.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
I have fought a good fight, I have finished [my] course, I have kept the faith:

New English Translation
I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith!

New King James Version
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

New Living Translation
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful.

New Life Bible
I have fought a good fight. I have finished the work I was to do. I have kept the faith.

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The noble contest, have I contested, the race, have I finished, the faith, have I kept:

Douay-Rheims Bible
I have fought a good fight: I have finished my course: I have kept the faith.

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

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I have fought a good fight and have fulfilled my course and have kept the fayth.

Young's Literal Translation
the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I haue foughte a good fighte: I haue fulfylled the course: I haue kepte the faith.

Mace New Testament (1729)
I have struggled in a glorious cause: I have finish'd my career: I have stood to the faith:

Simplified Cowboy Version
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the drive. I have been, and continue to be faithful until the end.

Contextual Overview

¹ Before God and Jesus Christ, I give you a command. Christ Jesus is the one who will judge all people—those who are living and those who have died. He is coming again to rule in his kingdom. So I give you this command: ² Tell everyone God's message. Be ready at all times to do whatever is needed. Tell people what they need to do, tell them when they are doing wrong, and encourage them. Do this with great patience and careful teaching. ³ The time will come when people will not listen to the true teaching. But people will find more and more teachers who please them. They will find teachers who say what they want to hear. ⁴ People will stop listening to the truth. They will begin to follow the teaching in false stories. ⁵ But you should control yourself at all times. When troubles come, accept them. Do the work of telling the Good News. Do all the duties of a servant of God. ⁶ My life is being given as an offering for God. The time has come for me to leave this life here. ⁷ I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have served the Lord faithfully. ⁸ Now, a prize is waiting for me—the crown that will show I am right with God. The Lord, the judge who judges rightly, will give it to me on that Day. Yes, he will give it to me and to everyone else who is eagerly looking forward to his coming.

Bible Verse Review
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have thought, 1 Timothy 6:12

I have finished: John 4:34, Acts 13:25, Acts 20:24, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, Philippians 3:13, Philippians 3:14, Hebrews 12:1, Hebrews 12:2

I have kept: 2 Timothy 1:14, Proverbs 23:23, Luke 8:15, Luke 11:28, John 17:6, 1 Timothy 6:20, Revelation 3:8, Revelation 3:10

Reciprocal: Exodus 39:42 - according Exodus 40:33 - So Moses Numbers 4:23 - to perform the service Numbers 4:30 - service Numbers 6:20 - and after Numbers 8:25 - cease waiting upon the service thereof Numbers 32:27 - armed Joshua 11:23 - And the land Joshua 24:29 - after these Judges 3:2 - might know Nehemiah 4:17 - with one Nehemiah 13:22 - Remember Psalms 36:10 - and thy Proverbs 13:19 - The desire Proverbs 21:21 - findeth Proverbs 24:6 - by Ezekiel 48:11 - charge Daniel 12:13 - rest Zechariah 9:13 - against Zechariah 10:5 - because Mark 4:29 - brought forth Luke 6:23 - your Luke 12:37 - Blessed Luke 19:16 - Lord John 4:36 - he that reapeth receiveth John 17:4 - finished Romans 2:7 - patient 1 Corinthians 3:14 - General 1 Corinthians 9:7 - goeth 1 Corinthians 9:25 - striveth 1 Corinthians 16:13 - quit 2 Corinthians 5:8 - and willing 2 Corinthians 6:7 - the armour 2 Corinthians 10:3 - we do Philippians 1:17 - that Philippians 1:20 - whether Philippians 1:27 - the faith Philippians 1:30 - the same 1 Timothy 1:18 - mightest 2 Timothy 2:5 - is he 2 Timothy 3:11 - but Hebrews 10:32 - ye endured Hebrews 12:4 - General 1 Peter 5:9 - stedfast Revelation 2:10 - be thou Revelation 11:7 - when Revelation 12:11 - they overcame Revelation 14:12 - the faith Revelation 14:13 - and their

Cross-References

Genesis 3:16
Then God said to the woman, "I will cause you to have much trouble when you are pregnant. And when you give birth to children, you will have much pain. You will want your husband very much, but he will rule over you."

Genesis 4:6
The Lord asked Cain, "Why are you angry? Why does your face look sad?

Genesis 4:8
Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." So they went to the field. Then Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to watch over my brother?"

Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? You killed your brother and the ground opened up to take his blood from your hands. Now his blood is shouting to me from the ground. So you will be cursed from this ground.

Genesis 4:12
Now when you work the soil, the ground will not help your plants grow. You will not have a home in this land. You will wander from place to place."

Genesis 4:13
Then Cain said to the Lord , "This punishment is more than I can bear!

Genesis 19:21
The angel said to Lot, "Very well, I'll let you do that. I will not destroy that town.

Numbers 32:23
But if you don't do these things, you will be sinning against the Lord . And know for sure that you will be punished for your sin.

2 Samuel 24:23
O King, I give everything to you!" Araunah also said to the king, "May the Lord your God be pleased with you."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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; his days were extinct, the grave was ready for him, and he for that; his last sands were dropping, and he was just going the way of all flesh; or else he means the course of his ministry, which he desired to finish with joy, and was now finishing;

Acts 13:25 he was now got to the end of his line, to Rome, where he was to be a martyr for Christ, Acts 23:11 so that he now concluded his work was done, and his warfare accomplished:

I have kept the faith; by which he means, not so much the grace of faith, that was kept by Christ, the object, author, and finisher of it, and through his effectual grace and powerful intercession; but rather the profession of faith, which he had held fast without wavering; and chiefly the doctrine of faith, which was committed to his trust, which he had kept pure and incorrupt against all opposition; unless his faithfulness and integrity in the ministerial work should be thought rather to be intended; and which sense is favoured by the Syriac and Ethiopic versions, which render it, "I have kept my faith"; or have been faithful to my trust, as a good steward of the mysteries of God; not concealing and keeping back any thing that was profitable, but declaring the whole counsel of God; and now what remained for him was the crown of righteousness; and this he says for the comfort and encouragement and imitation of Timothy and others. The phrase seems to be Jewish; it is said y by the Jews, that he that does not keep the feast of unleavened bread, is as he who does not נטיר מהימנותא, "keep the faith of the holy blessed God".

y Zohar in Exod. fol. 51. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 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 1 Corinthians 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. Probably the expression means that he had kept his plighted faith to the Redeemer, or had spent a life in faithfully endeavoring to serve his Lord.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 7. I have fought a good fight — Every reader will perceive that the apostle, as was his very frequent custom, alludes to the contests at the Grecian games: Τον αγυνα τον καλον ηγωνισμαι· I have wrestled that good wrestling-I have struggled hard, and have over come, in a most honourable cause.

I have finished my course — I have started for the prize, and have come up to the goal, outstripping all my competitors, and have gained this prize also.

I have kept the faith — As the laws of these games must be most diligently observed and kept, (for though a man overcome, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully,) so I have kept the rules of the spiritual combat and race; and thus, having contended lawfully, and conquered in each exercise, I have a right to expect the prize.