I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Paul near the end of his life: I have fought a good fight, finished the course and kept the faith.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-4
Ecclesiastes 3:1-4
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Read at many funerals: there is a time for everything under heaven, a time to be born and a time to die, and a time to mourn.
KJVEcclesiastes 3:1-4 in context
1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
The Preacher’s honest reflection on time, work and meaning under the sun.
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