2 Timothy 4:7

Paul's Charge To Timothy

⁶ As for me, my life blood is already being poured out; the time of my departure is close at hand. ⁷ I have run the great Race; I have finished the Course; I have kept the Faith. ⁸ And now the crown of righteousness awaits me, which the Lord, the just Judge, will give me on 'That Day'--and not only to me, but to all who have loved his Appearing.

Kept the Faith

Acts 20:24

But I count my life of no value to myself, if only I may complete the course marked out for me, and the task that was allotted me by the Lord Jesus--which was to declare the Good News of the Love of God.

1 Timothy 6:12

Run the great race of the Faith, and win the Immortal Life. It was for this that you received the Call, and, in the presence of many witnesses, made the great profession of Faith.

1 Timothy 1:18

This, then, is the charge that I lay upon you, Timothy, my Child, in accordance with what was predicted of you--Fight the good fight in the spirit of those predictions,

Revelation 3:8

I know your life (see, I have set a door open before you which no one is able to shut), I know that, though you have but little strength, you kept my teaching in mind, and did not disown my Name.

Luke 8:15

But by that in the good ground are meant those who, having heard the Message, keep it in the good, rich soil of their hearts, and patiently yield a return.

Luke 11:28

But Jesus replied: "Rather, happy are those who listen to God's Message and keep it."

John 4:34

"My food," replied Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.

John 17:6

I have revealed thee to those whom thou gavest me from the world; they were thy own, and thou gavest them to me; and they have laid thy Message to heart.

Acts 13:25

As John was drawing towards the end of his career, he said what do you suppose that I am? I am not the Christ. But there is "One Coming" after me, whose very sandal I am not worthy to untie.'

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Do not you know that on a race-course, though all run, yet only one wins the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

Philippians 3:13-14

For I, Brothers, do not regard myself as having yet laid hold of it. But this one thing I do--forgetting what lies behind, and straining every nerve for that which lies in front,

1 Timothy 6:20

Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane prattle and contradictions of what some miscall 'theology,'

2 Timothy 1:14

Guard by the help of the Holy Spirit, who is within us, the glorious trust that has been committed to you.

Hebrews 12:1-2

Seeing, therefore, that there is on every side of us such a throng of witnesses, let us also lay aside everything that hinders us, and the sin that clings about us, and run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,

Revelation 3:10

Because you kept in mind the story of my endurance, I will keep you in the hour of trial that is about to come upon the whole world, the hour that will test all who are living upon earth.