2 Timothy 4:7

Paul's Charge To Timothy

⁶ My life, indeed, is already ebbing out, and the time has come for me to sail away. ⁷ I have fought the fight for the good, I have run my race, I have kept faith. ⁸ Now the crown for doing right awaits me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me on that day, and not only me but also all who have loved His appearing.

Kept the Faith

Acts 20:24

But now I count as nothing the sacrifice of my life, if only I can finish my race and render the service entrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of faithfully telling the good news of God's favor.

1 Timothy 6:12

Keep up the good fight for the faith. Keep your hold on eternal life, to which God called you, when before many witnesses you made the good profession of faith.

1 Timothy 1:18

This is the instruction which I entrust to you, my son Timothy, which is in accordance with the prophetic utterances formerly made about you, that you may, aided by them, continue to fight the good fight,

Revelation 3:8

"I know what you are doing. See! I have put before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have but little strength, and yet you have obeyed my message and you have not disowned my name.

Luke 8:15

But the portion in rich soil illustrates those who listen to the message, keep it in good and honest hearts, and in patience yield fruit.

Luke 11:28

But He said, "Yes, but better still, blessed are those who listen to God's message and practice it!"

John 4:34

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to finish His work.

John 17:6

"I have made your very self known to the men whom you have given me out of the world. At first they were yours, but now you have given them to me, and they have obeyed your message.

Acts 13:25

As John was closing his career, he said, 'What do you take me to be? I am not the Christ; no, but He is coming after me, and I am not fit to untie the shoes on His feet.'

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Do you not know that in a race the runners all run, but only one can get the prize? You must run in such a way that you can get the prize.

Philippians 3:13-14

Brothers, I do not think that I have captured it yet, but here is my one aspiration, so forgetting what is behind me and reaching out for what is ahead of me,

1 Timothy 6:20

Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you; continue to turn away from the worldly, futile phrases and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge,"

2 Timothy 1:14

Guard this fine deposit of truth by the aid of the Holy Spirit who has His home in our hearts.

Hebrews 12:1-2

Therefore, as we have so vast a crowd of spectators in the grandstands, let us throw off every impediment and the sin that easily entangles our feet, and run with endurance the race for which we are entered,

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my message with the patient endurance that I give you, I also will keep you from the time of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test the inhabitants of the earth.