2 Timothy 4:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τὸν ἀγῶνα τὸν καλὸν ἠγώνισμαι, τὸν δρόμον τετέλεκα, τὴν πίστιν τετήρηκα:

Transliteration

The agōna the kalon ēgōnismai, the dromon teteleka, the pistin tetērēka:

Grammar Details

*agōna*: noun, accusative masculine singular - contest/struggle/fight
*kalon*: adjective, accusative masculine singular - good/noble/excellent
*ēgōnismai*: perfect indicative middle/passive, 1st person singular - I have fought/contended/struggled
*dromon*: noun, accusative masculine singular - race/course
*teteleka*: perfect indicative active, 1st person singular - I have finished/completed
*pistin*: noun, accusative feminine singular - faith/trust/faithfulness
*tetērēka*: perfect indicative active, 1st person singular - I have kept/guarded/preserved

Word Meanings

*agōna*: contest/struggle/fight/competition
*kalon*: good/noble/excellent/honorable
*ēgōnismai*: have fought/contended/struggled/competed
*dromon*: race/course/career
*teteleka*: have finished/completed/accomplished
*pistin*: faith/trust/faithfulness/belief
*tetērēka*: have kept/guarded/preserved/maintained

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Tim 6:12 : 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
Acts 20:24 : 24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
1 Cor 9:24-27 : 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things . Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Phil 3:13-14 : 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
1 Tim 1:18 : 18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
Prov 23:23 : 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Heb 12:1-2 : 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Rev 3:8 : 8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
1 Tim 6:20 : 20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
Luke 8:15 : 15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Luke 11:28 : 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
John 4:34 : 34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
John 17:6 : 6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
Acts 13:25 : 25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
2 Tim 1:14 : 14 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
Rev 3:10 : 10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

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