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: - 2 Timothy 4:6-7.
Listen to Paul; he said he was now ready to be offered, and his time of his departure was at hand. The gall of this man. Like the saviour himself, he was ready.
He had had nothing but trouble in a world that was totally set against him. His own words "I am now ready." Paul was ready to go, to the father's house. His time on earth was finished and he was leaving.
What had Paul gone through in the world? One particular place in scripture we can look is in what he described as his battle for the message of God!
21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. - 2 Corinthians 11:21-30.
7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: - 2 Timothy 4:6-7.
Listen to Paul; he said he was now ready to be offered, and his time of his departure was at hand. The gall of this man. Like the saviour himself, he was ready.
He had had nothing but trouble in a world that was totally set against him. His own words "I am now ready." Paul was ready to go, to the father's house. His time on earth was finished and he was leaving.
What had Paul gone through in the world? One particular place in scripture we can look is in what he described as his battle for the message of God!
21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. - 2 Corinthians 11:21-30.