提摩太後書 4:7

7 那 美 好 的 仗 我 已 經 打 過 了 ， 當 跑 的 路 我 已 經 跑 盡 了 ， 所 信 的 道 我 已 經 守 住 了 。

提摩太後書 4:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought a good fight
The fight of faith; the same as in ( 1 Timothy 6:10 ) (See Gill on 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 ) ( 20:24 ) 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 ^F25 by the Jews, that he that does not keep the feast of unleavened bread, is as he who does not (atwnmyhm ryjn) , "keep the faith of the holy blessed God".

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 Zohar in Exod. fol. 51. 2.

提摩太後書 4:7 In-Context

5 你 卻 要 凡 事 謹 慎 ， 忍 受 苦 難 ， 做 傳 道 的 工 夫 ， 盡 你 的 職 分 。

6 我 現 在 被 澆 奠 ， 我 離 世 的 時 候 到 了 。

7 那 美 好 的 仗 我 已 經 打 過 了 ， 當 跑 的 路 我 已 經 跑 盡 了 ， 所 信 的 道 我 已 經 守 住 了 。

8 從 此 以 後 ， 有 公 義 的 冠 冕 為 我 存 留 ， 就 是 按 著 公 義 審 判 的 主 到 了 那 日 要 賜 給 我 的 ； 不 但 賜 給 我 ， 也 賜 給 凡 愛 慕 他 顯 現 的 人 。

9 你 要 趕 緊 的 到 我 這 裡 來 。