Charles Spurgeon Commentary 2 Timothy 4:5-6

"But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry. For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure is come." — 2 Timothy 4:5-6 (ASV)

How complacently he talks about it! It is only a departure, though Caesar's sword might strike his head from his body. And truly death to the believer is no frightful thing. "Go up," said God to Moses, and the prophet went up, and God took his soul to Himself, and he was blessed. And so, "Come up," says God to the Christian, and the Christian goes up, first to his chamber, and then from his chamber to Paradise.