I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Treasury of Scripture have thought. See on 1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto you are also called... I have finished. John 4:34 Jesus said to them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. Acts 13:25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think you that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there comes one after me... Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry... 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Know you not that they which run in a race run all, but one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain... Philippians 3:13,14 Brothers, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind... Hebrews 12:1,2 Why seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight... I have kept. 2 Timothy 1:14 That good thing which was committed to you keep by the Holy Ghost which dwells in us. Proverbs 23:23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. Luke 8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it... Luke 11:28 But he said, Yes rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. John 17:6 I have manifested your name to the men which you gave me out of the world: your they were, and you gave them me... 1 Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to your trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings... Revelation 3:8,10 I know your works: behold, I have set before you an open door, and no man can shut it: for you have a little strength...
Context Preach the Word
1I charge you therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine. 3For 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; 4And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned to fables. 5But watch you in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of your ministry. 6For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 8From now on 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 to all them also that love his appearing. Parallel Verses American Standard Version I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:
Douay-Rheims Bible I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.
Darby Bible Translation I have combated the good combat, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
King James Bible I have fought a good fight, I have finished my 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,
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