2 Timothy 4:6 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:1-8

Observe, I. How awfully this charge is introduced (2Ti. 4:1): I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. Observe, The best of men have need to be awed into the discharge of their duty. The work of a minister is not an indifferent thing, but absolutely necessary. Woe be to him if he preach not the gospel, 1Cor. 9:16. To induce him to faithfulness, he must consider, 1. That the eye of God and Jesus Christ was upon... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:6-8

4:6-8 For my life has reached the point when it must be sacrificed, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight: I have completed the course: I have kept the faith. As for what remains, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness which on that day the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me--and not only to me, but also to all who have loved his appearing. For Paul the end is very near and he knows it. When Erasmus was growing old, he said: "I am a... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:6-8

Paul goes on, still speaking in these vivid pictures of which he was such a master: "I have fought the good fight: I have completed the race: I have kept the faith." It is likely that he is not using different pictures from three different spheres of life, but one picture from the games. (i) "I have fought the good fight." The word he uses for fight is agon ( Greek #73 ), which is the word for a contest in the arena. When an athlete can really say that he has done his best, then, win or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:6

For I am now ready to be offered ,.... Or poured out, as a libation, or a drink offering; or as the blood was poured out at the bottom of the altar; which is expressive of martyrdom, and shows that the apostle knew what death he should die; for which he was habitually ready; and this sacrifice of himself was not to atone for sin, his own, or others; Christ's death was the only sacrifice for sin, and that is a complete one, and needs no other to be added to it; but this was in the cause of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:6

For I am now ready to be offered - Ηδη σπενδομαι· I am already poured out as a libation. See the note on Philemon 2:17 . He considers himself as on the eve of being sacrificed, and looks upon his blood as the libation which was poured on the sacrificial offering. He could not have spoken thus positively had not the sentence of death been already passed upon him. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:6

Verse 6 6For I am now offered as a sacrifice He assigns the reason for the solemn protestation which he employed. As if he had said, “So long as I lived, I stretched out my hand to thee; my constant exhortations were not withheld from thee; thou hast been much aided by my advices, and much confirmed by my example; the time is now come, that thou shouldst be thine own teacher and exhorter, and shouldst begin to swim without support: beware lest any change in thee be observed at my death.” And... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:1-8

The last charge. The words of this chapter have the peculiar interest which attaches to the last words of one who was prominent above his fellow men, and they have this striking character, that the apostle, knowing that the time of his departure was at hand, when the great work of his life must cease as far as he was concerned, was intensely solicitous that the work should go on after his death with uninterrupted course and with undiminished force. It is one of the features of the holy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:1-8

Solemn charge to Timothy. I. CHARGED TO BE FAITHFUL IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OFFICIAL DUTIES . 1 . Witnessing the charge. 2 . Particulars of the charge. These are given in rapid succession, without connecting words, by which there is gain in force. II. ARGUMENT DRAWN FROM A DISTURBED FUTURE . 1 . The intolerableness of sound doctrine. "For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine." The sound or healthful... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:6

Already being offered for now ready to be offered, A.V.; come for at hand. A.V. I am already being offered. The ἐγώ is emphatic, in contrast with the σύ of 2 Timothy 4:5 : "Thou, who hast still life before thee, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. I can do so no longer, for my martyrdom has already commenced, and my end is close at hand. Thou must take my place in the great conflict." Am … being offered ( σπένδομαι ); am... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:6

Life's evening hour. "For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand." St. Paul felt sure that the enemies of the gospel would be successful in their designs upon his life. Sooner or later he knew that the lions or the flames, the executioner's axe or the cruel cross, would complete his earthly course. But as he had made an "offering" of his life to Christ, so he was ready in death to be offered up for the Master's sake. I. THE APOSTOLIC READINESS .... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:1-8

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:6-8

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:6-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:6

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:6

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:6

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