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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 hav...
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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...
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IV. THE LAST WORDS OF THE APOSTLE
CHAPTER 4
_ 1. The last charge (2 Timothy 4:1)_
2. His last testimony (2 Timothy 4:6)
3. The last personal messages (2 Timothy 4:9)...
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(_c_) 2 TIMOTHY 4:1. TIMOTHY'S DUTY IN THE CRISIS. Threatened with
such opposition (2 Timothy 3:1) and strengthened by such safeguards (2
Timothy 3:10), Timothy must persistently teach the _positive t...
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PAUL'S GROUNDS OF APPEAL (2 Timothy 4:1-5)...
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For my life has reached the point when it must be sacrificed, and the
time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight: I have
completed the course: I have kept the faith. As for what remai...
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FOUGHT. Greek. _agonizomai_. See Luke 13:24.
A. the.
FIGHT. Greek. _agon._ See Phil. I. so and compare 1 Timothy 6:12.
FINISHED. Greek. _te leo._ Compare App-126 2 Timothy 1:2,
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The last appeal. The same warning. The old example
The three main thoughts (see 2 Timothy 3:1) recur, but with added
intensity, in this last brief _appeal_, and _warning_, and _example_.
Similarly in...
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_a good fight_ THE GOOD FIGHT, see 1 Timothy 6:12, where the metaphor
is discussed; the second clause here, -I have finished the course,"
certainly suggests that the foot-race is to be the chief thoug...
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-I have appealed to you by the _warning_of the evil times and teachers
that will be: I appeal to you now by the _example_of the good times
and the good teacher that have been. Let my mantle fall on yo...
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ΤῸΝ ΚΑΛῸΝ�. The rec. text has τὸν�, the MS.
authorities being divided almost as in the previous verse.
7. ΤῸΝ ΚΑΛῸΝ�. See the critical note, and cp. the note on
1 Timothy 6:12, where the metaphor is d...
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THE END OF THE APOSTLE’S COURSE...
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ΆΓΩΝ (G73) борьба, битва,
ΉΓΏΝΙΣΜΑΙ _perf. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΑΓΩΝΊΖΟΜΑΙ
(G75) бороться, прилагать усилия (РАМ,
182ff). _Perf._ передает значение
завершенности (Guthrie) и наличия
результатов в нас...
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DISCOURSE: 2259
A CHRISTIAN’S DYING REFLECTIONS
2 Timothy 4:7. _I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of
righteousne...
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I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, &C.— _I have maintained the good combat,
I have finished my race,_ &c. The apostle here again alludes to the
_agonistic games._ See 1 Timothy 6:12. Two of the expressions i...
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PART THREE
_Testimony 4:6-18_
1.
ASSURANCE IN THE FACE OF DEATH 2 Timothy 4:6-8
_TEXT 4:6-8_
6 For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure is
come. 7 I have fought the good fight,...
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I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept
the faith:
'I have striven the good strife of faith' [ eegoonismai (G75)],
includes, besides a fight, any competitive contest-ex....
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12 This is a crucial test of our true state. Are we suffering
persecution? If not, are we in earnest in our will to live devoutly in
Christ Jesus? All who tread this path will be persecuted. Paul hims...
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A GOOD FIGHT] rather, 'I have contested the good contest.' The
reference is not to a battle, but to a contest in the games: cp. 1
Corinthians 9:25. KEPT THE FAITH] 'The faith' is here regarded as a
pr...
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ST. PAUL'S LAST MESSAGES AND COUNSELS
1-8. The Apostle, knowing that his days are fast drawing to a close,
exhorts Timothy to increased diligence and earnestness in his
teaching, in view of the immin...
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HOW WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO DO GOD’S WORK
2 TIMOTHY
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 4
*PREACH THE *GOSPEL AND TEACH THE TRUTH (4:1-5)
V1 This command I give to you with God and the *Lord Jesus...
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I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT. — More accurately, more forcibly
rendered, _the good fight._ St. Paul changes the metaphor, and adopts
his old favourite one, so familiar to all Gentile readers, of the
ath...
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CHAPTER 35
THE PARADOXICAL EXULTATION OF THE APOSTLE-HIS APPARENT FAILURE AND THE
APPARENT FAILURE OF THE CHURCH-THE GREAT TEST OF SINCERITY. - 2
Timothy 4:5
ST. CHRYSOSTOM tells us that this passage...
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I solemnly charge you, in view of the coming judgment, to be zealous
in the exercise of your ministry while the opportunity lasts, while
people are willing to listen to your admonitions. Soon the craz...
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τὸν καλὸν ἀγῶνα ἠγώνισμαι : See note on 1
Timothy 6:12. The following τὸν δρόμου, κ. τ. λ., makes
this reference to the games hardly doubtful.
τὸν δρόμον τετέλεκα : _cursum consummavi_ (Vulg.).
What h...
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THE VICTOR'S FINAL CHARGE
2 Timothy 4:1
To the end Paul held to the appearing of Jesus, though he might not
live to see it; and it was to precede and usher in the coming of the
Kingdom. The world of...
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As the result of these charges, the apostle shows what Timothy's
attitude must be toward those over whom he has oversight. There are
four things which he must do. "Preach the Word," "reprove," "rebuke...
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PAUL'S FAREWELL ADDRESS
As Paul saw the end of his life approaching, he said, “For I am
already being poured out as a drink offering,” which is an allusion
to the drink offering poured out on the alta...
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(6) For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is
at hand. (7) I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I
have kept the faith: (8) Henceforth there is laid up for me...
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Turning to the SECOND EPISTLE, we find that, although there is the
same grand truth of the Saviour God maintained, the state of things
had become sensibly worse, and the hour for the apostle's departu...
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_KEEPING THE FAITH_
‘I have kept the faith.’
2 Timothy 4:7
This was the satisfaction on which St. Paul’s mind rested when he
contemplated the close of his earthly work.
I. WHEN ST. PAUL SAID THAT...
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7_I have fought the good fight _Because it is customary to form a
judgment from the event, Paul’s fight might have been condemned on
the ground that it did not end happily. He therefore boasts that it...
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Does this perfect and supreme authority of the scriptures set aside
ministry ? By no means; it is the foundation of the ministry of the
word. One is a minister of the word; one proclaims the word rest...
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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 w...
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I have fought a good fight, I have finished _my_ course, I have kept
the faith:
Ver. 7. _I have fought a good fight_] The nearer anything is to the
centre, the more strongly and swiftly it moveth. Th...
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_But watch thou_ Both over thyself and flock, and withstand the
beginnings of all these corruptions; let thy mind be awake and
watchful; _in all things_ Whatever thou art doing, let this be thy
earnes...
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A GOOD FIGHT; more literally, the good fight; that, namely, prescribed
to me by my Lord. The word in the original is one used of the Grecian
games. Compare 1 Corinthians 9:26; 1 TIMOTHY 6:12.
FINISHED...
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I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE, I HAVE KEPT THE
FAITH;...
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PAUL'S FIGHT AND VICTORY....
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The apostle writes this last chapter with a deepening sense in his
soul of the nearness of his martyrdom; and it is most precious to
observe how the solemnity of his charge to Timothy is mingled with...
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6-8 The blood of the martyrs, though not a sacrifice of atonement,
yet was a sacrifice of acknowledgment to the grace of God and his
truth. Death to a good man, is his release from the imprisonment o...
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I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT; my life hath been a military life, but I
have not fought the evil fights of ambitious or quarrelsome men: my
fighting hath been the good and noble fight of faith, a fight w...
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Origen Against Celsus Book VII
Those whose piety is grounded on the teaching of Jesus also run until
they come to the end of their course, when they can say in all truth
and confidence: "I have fough...
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2 Timothy 4:7 fought G75 (G5766) good G2570 fight G73 finished G5055
(G5758) race G1408 kept G5083 ...
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2 Timothy 4:7. I HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT. The Greek is wider in its
range, and takes in every kind of contest _‘I have striven a good
strife'_ would perhaps be nearer. The words that follow show th...
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I HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT
(τον καλον αγωνα ηγωνισμα). Perfect middle
indicative of αγωνιζομα, a favourite figure with Paul (1
Corinthians 9:25; Colossians 1:29), with the cognate accusative
αγωνα...
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2 Timothy 4:7
I. Look at the Christian life under the aspect of a fight. In a sense,
this aspect of life is not peculiar to that of the Christian. Indeed,
I dare to say, that, so far from the follower...
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2 Timothy 4:1. _I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus
Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and
his kingdom; preach the word;_
We are not to use such strong...
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CONTENTS: Christ's faithful servant and the faithfulness of Christ to
His own.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Demas, Timothy, Luke, Mark, Tychicus,
Carpus, Alexander, Prisca, Aquila, Onesiphorus, Era...
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2 Timothy 4:1. _I charge thee therefore before God preach the word._
Paul speaks here as a dying man, soon to appear before the throne of
God and the Lamb. Soldiers must not sleep in war without a wat...
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I HAVE DONE MY BEST. The TEV translates this correctly. See note on 1
Timothy 6:12. Paul used symbolism from the Games. THE FULL DISTANCE.
He did not _drop out,_ but went the full distance in the race...
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2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 4:7 I HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT. Using
athletic imagery (as is typical of Paul; see 1 Corinthians 9:24;...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
2 Timothy 4:6. FOR I AM NOW READY TO BE OFFERED.—R.V. “I am
already being offered.” R.V. margin, “poured out as a
drink-offering.” When the gaoler took the cup of heml...
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EXPOSITION
2 TIMOTHY 4:1
_In the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus _for _therefore before God
and the Lord Jesus Christ, _A.V. and T.R.; _and by _for _at, _A.V. and
T.R. I CHARGE THEE (διαμαρτύρομαι...
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Ver. 7. _I have fought the good fight_ or more exactly, as at 1
Timothy 6:12, though one is unwilling to alter such familiar words, _I
have maintained the good contest_ τὸν καλὸν ἀγῶνα
ἠγώνισμαι refer...
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Paul said to Timothy,
I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ (2 Timothy 4:1),
Hey, that's heavy duty, man, when you charge a person before God and
before the Lord Jesus Christ. Laying a...
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1 Corinthians 9:24; 1 Timothy 6:12; 1 Timothy 6:20; 2 Timothy 1:14;...
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I have fought a good fight [τ ο ν κ α λ ο ν α γ ω ν α η
γ ω ν ι σ μ α ι]. For a good fight rend. the good fight. For
the phrase, see on 1 Timothy 6:12. Comp. Philippians 1:27; Philippians
1:30;...
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LIFE'S BACKWARD AND FORWARD LOOK
2 Timothy 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. There is a time when we should not look backward.
(1) We should not look back with a heart of longing after the
fleshpots of Egy...