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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

提摩太后书 4:7

那美好的仗我已經打過了,當跑的路我已經跑盡了,所持的信仰我已經守住了。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Assurance;   Church;   Death;   Decision;   Faith;   Fight of Faith;   Games;   Minister, Christian;   Righteousness;   Testimony;   Thompson Chain Reference - Athletics, Race;   Christian Race;   Completion;   Leaders;   Ministers;   Paul;   Race, the Christian;   Religious;   Work, Religious;   Work-Workers, Religious;   Young People;   The Topic Concordance - Endurance;   Faith/faithfulness;   Giving and Gifts;   Judges;   Righteousness;   War/weapons;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Assurance;   Faith;   Ministers;   Perseverance;   Roman Empire, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Crown;   Race;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ethics;   Martyr;   Paul;   Perseverance;   Rome;   Sport;   Timothy;   Timothy, letters to;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Endurance;   Faith;   Mission;   Persecution;   Rome;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Communion (2);   Death;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Agony;   Assurance;   Revelation of Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Acts of the Apostles;   Games;   Timothy, the Second Epistle to;   War;   Holman Bible Dictionary - 2 Timothy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Games;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Agony;   Discipline;   Games;   Marks Stigmata;   Paul;   Perseverance;   Prize;   Stigmata ;   Timothy and Titus Epistles to;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Timothy;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Games;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Triumphs;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Course;   Games;   Good;   Immortal;   Persecution;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for October 2;   Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for June 16;   Every Day Light - Devotion for December 19;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
那 美 好 的 仗 我 已 经 打 过 了 , 当 跑 的 路 我 已 经 跑 尽 了 , 所 信 的 道 我 已 经 守 住 了 。

Contextual Overview

1 I give you a command in the presence of God and Christ Jesus, the One who will judge the living and the dead, and by his coming and his kingdom: 2 Preach the Good News. Be ready at all times, and tell people what they need to do. Tell them when they are wrong. Encourage them with great patience and careful teaching, 3 because the time will come when people will not listen to the true teaching but will find many more teachers who please them by saying the things they want to hear. 4 They will stop listening to the truth and will begin to follow false stories. 5 But you should control yourself at all times, accept troubles, do the work of telling the Good News, and complete all the duties of a servant of God. 6 My life is being given as an offering to God, and the time has come for me to leave this life. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Now, a crown is being held for me—a crown for being right with God. The Lord, the judge who judges rightly, will give the crown to me on that day—not only to me but to all those who have waited with love for him to come again.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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 great pain. You will greatly desire your husband, but he will rule over you."
Genesis 4:6
The Lord asked Cain, "Why are you angry? Why do you look so unhappy?
Genesis 4:8
Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out into the field." While they were out in the field, 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 take care of my brother?"
Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.
Genesis 4:11
And now you will be cursed in your work with the ground, the same ground where your brother's blood fell and where your hands killed him.
Genesis 4:12
You will work the ground, but it will not grow good crops for you anymore, and you will wander around on the earth."
Genesis 4:13
Then Cain said to the Lord , "This punishment is more than I can stand!
Genesis 19:21
The angel said to Lot, "Very well, I will allow you to do this also. I will not destroy that town.
Numbers 32:23
"But if you don't do these things, you will be sinning against the Lord ; know for sure that you will be punished for your sin.

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.


 
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