The Final Accounting: Paul's Last Words as Verdict, Not Memoir, 2 Timothy 4:7-8
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith. 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., A dying apostle's self-assessment that turns athletic metaphor into courtroom language — and indicts every version of Christianity that can't say the same.
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