2 Timothy 4:6–8
A Bible reading for a funeral, with the full text in the King James Version and the Douay-Rheims.
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King James Version
- 6For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
- 7I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
- 8Henceforth 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.
Douay-Rheims
- 6For I am even now ready to be sacrificed: and the time of my dissolution is at hand.
- 7I have fought a good fight: I have finished my course: I have kept the faith.
- 8As to the rest, there is laid up for me a crown of justice which the Lord the just judge will render to me in that day: and not only to me, but to them also that love his coming. Make haste to come to me quickly.
Most Catholic parishes in the US read the New American Bible. Read 2 Timothy 4 in the NABRE at usccb.org.
Where this reading is used
- Protestant: a common funeral reading
Hymns based on it
Scripture: King James Version (1769 text) and Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner revision (Project Gutenberg #1581); both public domain. Citation as listed in the VerseFlip funeral verses.