11 translations · Greek
2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.
- KJV King James Version
- I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
- ASV American Standard Version
- I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- I have striven the good strife, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept my trust in God.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,
- DBY Darby Translation
- I have combated the good combat, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| καλὸν | kalon | good | G2570 καλός good |
| ἀγῶνα | agōna | fight | G73 ἀγών fight |
| ἠγώνισμαι | ēgōnismai | I have fought | G75 ἀγωνίζομαι to struggle |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δρόμον | dromon | race | G1408 δρόμος racecourse |
| τετέλεκα | teteleka | I have finished | G5055 τελέω to finish |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| πίστιν | pistin | faith | G4102 πίστις faith |
| τετήρηκα | tetērēka | I have kept | G5083 τηρέω to keep: observe |
Related verses
- 1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
- 1 Corinthians 9:24–27
Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win. Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air, …
- Hebrews 12:1–2
Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Acts 20:24
But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
- Philippians 3:13–14
Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
- John 4:34
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
- Revelation 3:8
“I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny my name.
- Luke 8:15
Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.
- Revelation 3:10
Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
- Luke 11:28
But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
5 But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.
6 For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.
7 I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.
8 From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.
9 Be diligent to come to me soon,
Read all of 2 Timothy 4 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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