{"id":3571,"date":"2015-01-31T09:46:26","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T15:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=3571"},"modified":"2023-04-24T16:10:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T22:10:14","slug":"2-timothy-46-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=3571","title":{"rendered":"2 Timothy 4:6-8"},"content":{"rendered":"

6\u00a0<\/sup>For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

7\u00a0<\/sup>I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

8\u00a0<\/sup>Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

for (v.6) \u2014 Paul’s exhortations to Timothy throughout the letter were in light of the fact that his own ministry was over.<\/h3>\n

I (v.6) = emphatic “as for myself” \u2014 as distinct from Timothy<\/h3>\n

as a drink offering (v.6) \u2014 Upon the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire they went to pour out a drink offering of a certain measure of strong wine, an indication of the divine satisfaction in the completed sacrifice (Exodus 29:40). Paul’s whole life since his conversion had been devoted as a sacrifice to the service of God, and now, conscious of the acceptance of his sacrifice, he views his death in this way. \u2014 Vine, page 226.<\/span><\/h3>\n

drink offering (v.6) \u2014 See Philippians 2:17<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

departure (v.6) = unloosing, undoing again, breaking up \u2014 the word for untying a ship from its mooring or the military striking tents and breaking up an encampment<\/h3>\n

is at hand (v.6) = to stand by \u2014 as though death was waiting in the room<\/h3>\n

have fought (v.7) \u2014 perfect tense, past action with continuing results \u2014 the word from which we get “agonize”<\/h3>\n

good (v.7) = kalos<\/em> = external goodness seen by the eye, an outward expression of internal, intrinsic goodness, beauty in action \u2014 referring to the fight, not Paul’s fighting<\/h3>\n

the good fight (v.7) \u2014 Philippians 1:27-28 \u2014 the word is used of a contest in the Greek games<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

have finished (v.7) \u2014 perfect tense \u2014 the race is over and the runner rests at the finish line<\/h3>\n

race (v.7) = race course \u2014 Acts 20:24<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

kept (v.7) = kept by guarding like a soldier<\/h3>\n

faith (v.7) \u2014 the body of truth given to Paul<\/h3>\n

finally (v.8) = what remains<\/h3>\n

laid up (v.8) \u2014 used in Luke 19:20 of money in a napkin and in Colossians 1:5<\/a><\/span> of hope<\/h3>\n

the crown (v.8) \u2014 a particular crown \u2014 the word is that used for the laurel crown awarded in the Greek games<\/h3>\n

judge (v.8) = an umpire or referee at the games<\/h3>\n

give (v.8) = award<\/h3>\n

that day (v.8) \u2014 the Judgment Seat of Christ<\/h3>\n

loved (v.8) = agape<\/em><\/h3>\n

His appearing (v.8) = to become visible \u2014 the Rapture of the Church<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

6\u00a0For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7\u00a0I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8\u00a0Finally, there is laid … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2-timothy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3571"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7746,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3571\/revisions\/7746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}