2 Timothy 4:8

A crown] RV 'the crown,' the reward for righteousness. St. Paul here carries on the metaphor of the contest in the games, which he had dropped for the moment in the last clause of 2 Timothy 4:7. At that day] i.e. the day of judgment.

9-15. St. Paul bids Timothy endeavour to come to him quickly, for some of his companions have left him and others have been sent on missions to the Churches. He asks him to bring some things of which he is in want, and warns him against an enemy who has done the Apostle much harm.