2 Timothy 4:8
Douay-Rheims
As 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.
Francis Patrick Kenrick
A crown the reward of virtue — a just crown — a crown justly due, in virtue of the gratuitous promise of God. How difi'erent from the crown of laurel which the successful athlete received from the judges !
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1863 · 2 Timothy 4:8
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.