2 Timothy 4:7

King James Version

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

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have served the Lord faithfully.

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.

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

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:

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

English Revised Version
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.

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:

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.

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;

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

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:

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.

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

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

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

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:

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.

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.

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.

Contextual Overview

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; ² Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. ³ For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; ⁴ And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. ⁵ But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. 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 a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

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
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Genesis 4:6
And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

Genesis 4:8
And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

Genesis 4:9
And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

Genesis 4:11
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

Genesis 4:12
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

Genesis 4:13
And Cain said unto the Lord , My punishment is greater than I can bear.

Genesis 19:21
And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

Numbers 32:23
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord : and be sure your sin will find you out.

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.