Oecumenius, on 2Tim 4:7

“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.”

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. fought. Paul said this, not boasting: by no means, but consoling the disciple, as if he were going to receive crowns and rewards for good works, and as if he said: You ought rather to rejoice than mourn, that I achieve such an end. I have fought the good fight. For every struggle on behalf of Christ is good, even if it involves chains, or persecutions, or deaths. If therefore it is good, then you should accept it yourself. I have finished the race. For Paul had run through the world, leading all to the knowledge of God, so that the Gospel had been fulfilled from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum. I have kept the faith. For many wished to seize it from him, false friends, enemies, Greeks, Jews,”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.