For I, etc.] The 'I' is emphatic, in contrast to the 'Thou' of 2 Timothy 4:5. St. Paul's day is almost over, Timothy must wage his warfare alone. Ready to be offered] lit. 'being poured out as a drink offering': a reference to the shedding of his own blood in his approaching martyr's death: cp. Philippians 2:17, where the same word is used.

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