KJV King James Version
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
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2 Timothy 4:6
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.
WEB World English Bible
For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.
ASV American Standard Version
For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure is come.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for I am already being poured out, and the time of my release hath arrived;
Surrounding context — 2 Timothy 4
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished [my] course, I have kept the faith:
8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:
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Philippians 1:23For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:Philippians 2:17Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.2 Peter 1:14-15Knowing that shortly I must put off [this] my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.Joshua 23:14And, behold, this day I [am] going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, [and] not one thing hath failed thereof.Genesis 48:21And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.Numbers 27:12-17And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.Deuteronomy 31:14And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.Genesis 50:24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
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