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What does 2 Timothy 4:7 mean?

"I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith."

— 2 Timothy 4:7 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn away to fables.

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But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

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For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.

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I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

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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.

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Be diligent to come to me soon,

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for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

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