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2 Timothy 4

2 Tim. 4:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I have fought
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
agonizomai (Greek #75)
to struggle, literally (to compete for a prize), figuratively (to contend with an adversary), or genitive case (to endeavor to accomplish something)
KJV usage: fight, labor fervently, strive.
Pronounce: ag-o-nid'-zom-ahee
Origin: from 73
p a good
kalos (Greek #2570)
properly, beautiful, but chiefly (figuratively) good (literally or morally), i.e. valuable or virtuous (for appearance or use, and thus distinguished from 18, which is properly intrinsic)
KJV usage: X better, fair, good(-ly), honest, meet, well, worthy.
Pronounce: kal-os'
Origin: of uncertain affinity
fight
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
agon (Greek #73)
properly, a place of assembly (as if led), i.e. (by implication) a contest (held there); figuratively, an effort or anxiety
KJV usage: conflict, contention, fight, race.
Pronounce: ag-one'
Origin: from 71
, I have finished
teleo (Greek #5055)
to end, i.e. complete, execute, conclude, discharge (a debt)
KJV usage: accomplish, make an end, expire, fill up, finish, go over, pay, perform.
Pronounce: tel-eh'-o
Origin: from 5056
q my course
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
dromos (Greek #1408)
a race, i.e. (figuratively) career
KJV usage: course.
Pronounce: drom'-os
Origin: from the alternate of 5143
, I have kept
tereo (Greek #5083)
to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from 5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from 2892, which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), i.e. to note (a prophecy; figuratively, to fulfil a command); by implication, to detain (in custody; figuratively, to maintain); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried)
KJV usage: hold fast, keep(- er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch.
Pronounce: tay-reh'-o
Origin: from τερός (a watch; perhaps akin to 2334)
r the faith
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
pistis (Greek #4102)
persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself
KJV usage: assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
Pronounce: pis'-tis
Origin: from 3982
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1 Tim. 6:12• 12Strive earnestly in the good conflict of faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses. (1 Tim. 6:12)
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Acts 20:24• 24But I make no account of my life as dear to myself, so that I finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace of God. (Acts 20:24)
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Prov. 23:23• 23Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence. (Prov. 23:23)
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Rev. 3:10• 10Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, *I* also will keep thee out of the hour of trial, which is about to come upon the whole habitable world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. (Rev. 3:10)

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have thought.
1 Tim. 6:12• 12Strive earnestly in the good conflict of faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses. (1 Tim. 6:12)
I have finished.
John 4:34• 34Jesus says to them, My food is that I should do the will of him that has sent me, and that I should finish his work. (John 4:34)
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Acts 13:25• 25And as John was fulfilling his course he said, Whom do ye suppose that I am? *I* am not he. But behold, there comes one after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose. (Acts 13:25)
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Acts 20:24• 24But I make no account of my life as dear to myself, so that I finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace of God. (Acts 20:24)
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1 Cor. 9:24‑27• 24Know ye not that they who run in the race-course run all, but one receives the prize? Thus run in order that ye may obtain.
 25But every one that contends for a prize is temperate in all things: *they* then indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but *we* an incorruptible.
 26*I* therefore thus run, as not uncertainly; so I combat, as not beating the air.
 27But I buffet my body, and lead it captive, lest after having preached to others I should be myself rejected. (1 Cor. 9:24‑27)
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Phil. 3:13‑14• 13Brethren, *I* do not count to have got possession myself; but one thing--forgetting the things behind, and stretching out to the things before,
 14I pursue, looking towards the goal, for the prize of the calling on high of God in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 3:13‑14)
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Heb. 12:1‑2• 1Let *us* also therefore, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and sin which so easily entangles us, run with endurance the race that lies before us,
 2looking stedfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith: who, in view of the joy lying before him, endured the cross, having despised the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Heb. 12:1‑2)
I have kept.
2 Tim. 1:14• 14Keep, by the Holy Spirit which dwells in us, the good deposit entrusted. (2 Tim. 1:14)
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Prov. 23:23• 23Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence. (Prov. 23:23)
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Luke 8:15• 15But that in the good ground, these are they who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. (Luke 8:15)
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Luke 11:28• 28But *he* said, Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it. (Luke 11:28)
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John 17:6• 6I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world. They were thine, and thou gavest them me, and they have kept thy word. (John 17:6)
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1 Tim. 6:20• 20O Timotheus, keep the entrusted deposit, avoiding profane, vain babblings, and oppositions of false-named knowledge, (1 Tim. 6:20)
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Rev. 3:8,10• 8I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an opened door, which no one can shut, because thou hast a little power, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
 10Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, *I* also will keep thee out of the hour of trial, which is about to come upon the whole habitable world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. (Rev. 3:8,10)
• The fight he had fought, or the conflict he had waged, he knew was a good one. It should be noted that he only speaks of the character of the conflict, and not of the manner in which he had carried it on. His course was now ended, and he had kept the faith. Many had departed from it, but he, by grace, had kept it, maintained the truth, and had indeed transmitted it exactly as he had received it. (article #86536)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I have combated the good combat, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

W. Kelly Translation

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The good combat I have combated, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept: