Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. New Living Translation Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have declared so well before many witnesses. English Standard Version Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. Berean Standard Bible Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses. Berean Literal Bible Fight the good fight of the faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and also did confess the good confession before many witnesses. King James Bible Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. New King James Version Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. New American Standard Bible Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and for which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. NASB 1995 Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. NASB 1977 Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. Legacy Standard Bible Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. Amplified Bible Fight the good fight of the faith [in the conflict with evil]; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and [for which] you made the good confession [of faith] in the presence of many witnesses. Christian Standard Bible Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of eternal life to which you were called and about which you have made a good confession in the presence of many witnesses. Holman Christian Standard Bible Fight the good fight for the faith; take hold of eternal life that you were called to and have made a good confession about in the presence of many witnesses. American Standard Version Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And fight in the good contest of faith and seize eternal life, to which things you are called, and you have professed a good profession before many witnesses. Contemporary English Version Fight a good fight for the faith and claim eternal life. God offered it to you when you clearly told about your faith, while so many people listened. Douay-Rheims Bible Fight the good fight of faith: lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art called, and hast confessed a good confession before many witnesses. English Revised Version Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses. GOD'S WORD® Translation Fight the good fight for the Christian faith. Take hold of everlasting life to which you were called and about which you made a good testimony in front of many witnesses. Good News Translation Run your best in the race of faith, and win eternal life for yourself; for it was to this life that God called you when you firmly professed your faith before many witnesses. International Standard Version Fight the good fight for the faith. Keep holding on to eternal life, to which you were called and about which you gave a good testimony in front of many witnesses. Literal Standard Version Be striving the good strife of the faith; be laying hold on the continuous life to which you also were called, and did profess the right profession before many witnesses. Majority Standard Bible Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses. New American Bible Compete well for the faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which you were called when you made the noble confession in the presence of many witnesses. NET Bible Compete well for the faith and lay hold of that eternal life you were called for and made your good confession for in the presence of many witnesses. New Revised Standard Version Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life, to which you were called and for which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. New Heart English Bible Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the everlasting life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses. Webster's Bible Translation Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. Weymouth New Testament Exert all your strength in the honourable struggle for the faith; lay hold of the Life of the Ages, to which you were called, when you made your noble profession of faith before many witnesses. World English Bible Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses. Young's Literal Translation be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst profess the right profession before many witnesses. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Fight the Good Fight11But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness. 12Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses. 13I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:… Cross References 1 Corinthians 9:25 Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable. 2 Corinthians 9:13 Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others. Philippians 1:30 since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have. Philippians 3:12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Colossians 3:15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful. 1 Timothy 1:18 Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight, 1 Timothy 1:19 holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith. Treasury of Scripture Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto you are also called, and have professed a good profession before many witnesses. Fight. 1 Timothy 1:18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; Zechariah 10:5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded. 1 Corinthians 9:25,26 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible… lay. 1 Timothy 6:19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. Psalm 63:8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. Proverbs 3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. whereunto. Romans 8:28-30 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose… Romans 9:23,24 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, … Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. hast. 1 Timothy 6:13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; Deuteronomy 26:3,17-19 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us… Isaiah 44:5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel. Jump to Previous Ages Confessed Confession Conflict Earnestly Eternal Exert Faith Fight Fighting Good Hold Honourable Lay Marked Presence Professed Profession Sight Strength Strive Struggle Wast Whereunto Witness WitnessesJump to Next Ages Confessed Confession Conflict Earnestly Eternal Exert Faith Fight Fighting Good Hold Honourable Lay Marked Presence Professed Profession Sight Strength Strive Struggle Wast Whereunto Witness Witnesses1 Timothy 6 1. Of the duty of servants.3. Not to have fellowship with newfangled teachers. 6. Godliness is great gain; 10. and love of money the root of all evil. 11. What Timothy is to flee, and what to follow. 17. and whereof to admonish the rich. 20. To keep the purity of true doctrine, and to avoid godless ideas. (12) Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life.--Then, again, with the old stirring metaphor of the Olympic contests for a prize (1Corinthians 9:24; Philippians 3:13-14)--the metaphor St. Paul loved so well, and which Timothy must have heard so often from his old master's lips as he preached and taught--he bids the "man of God," rising above the pitiful struggles for things perishable and useless, fight the noble fight of faith; bids him strive to lay hold of the real prize--life eternal. The emphasis rests here mainly on the words "the good fight" and "eternal life." These things are placed in strong contrast with "the struggle of the covetous" and its "miserable, perishable crown." "The good fight," more closely considered, is the contest and struggle which the Christian has to maintain against the world, the flesh, and the devil. It is styled the "good fight of faith," partly because the contest is waged on behalf of, for the sake of, the faith, but still more because from faith it derives its strength and draws its courage. "Eternal life" is the prize the "man of God" must ever have before his eyes. It is the crown of life which the Judge of quick and dead will give to the "faithful unto death." (See James 1:12; Revelation 2:10.) Whereunto thou art also called.--The "calling" here refers both to the inner and outward call to the Master's work. The inner call is the persuasion in the heart that the one vocation to which the life must be dedicated was the ministry of the word; and the outward call is the summons by St. Paul, ratified by the church in the persons of the presbyters of Lystra. And hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.--More accurately translated, and thou confessedst the good confession . . . These words simply add to the foregoing clause another ground of exhortation: "Thou wast called to eternal life, and thou madest the good confession." When--has been asked--was this good confession made? Several epochs in the life of Timothy have been suggested. Were it not for the difficulty of fixing a date for so terrible an experience in Timothy's, comparatively speaking, short life, it would appear most probable that the confession was made on the occasion of some persecution or bitter trial to which he had been exposed. On the whole, however, it appears safer to refer "the good confession" to the time of his ordination. In this case the many witnesses would refer to the presbyters and others who were present at the solemn rite. Verse 12. - The faith for faith, A.V.; the life eternal for eternal life, A.V.; wast for art also, A.V. and T.R.; didst confess the good confession for hast professed a good profession, A.V.; in the sight of for before, A.V. Fight the good fight. This is not quite a happy rendering. Ἀγών is the "contest" at the Olympic assembly for any of the prizes, in wrestling, chariot-racing, foot-racing, music, or what not. Ἀγωνίζεσθαι τὸν ἀγῶνα is to "carry on such a contest" (comp. 2 Timothy 4:7). The comparison is different from that in 1 Timothy 1:18, Ἵνα στρατεύῃ... τὴν καλὴν στρατείαν," That thou mayest war the good warfare." The faith. There is nothing to determine absolutely whether ἡ πίστις here means faith subjectively or "the faith" objectively, nor does it much matter. The result is the same; but the subjective sense seems the most appropriate. Lay hold, etc.; as the βραβεῖον or prize of the contest (see 1 Corinthians 9:24, 25). Whereunto thou wast called. So St. Paul continually (Romans 1:1, 6, 7; Romans 8:28, 30; 1 Corinthians 1:29; Ephesians 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 2:12; and numerous other passages). He seems here to drop the metaphor, as in the following clause. Didst confess the good confession. The connection of this phrase with the call to eternal life, and the allusion to one special occasion on which Timothy "had confessed the good confession" of his faith in Jesus Christ, seems to point clearly to his baptism (see Matthew 10:32; John 9:22; John 12:42; Hebrews 10:23). The phrase, "the good confession," seems to have been technically applied to the baptismal confession of Christ (compare the other Church sayings, 1 Timothy 1:15; 1 Timothy 3:1; 1 Timothy 4:9; 2 Timothy 2:11; Titus 3:8). In the sight of many witnesses. The whole congregation of the Church, who were witnesses of his baptism (see the rubric prefixed to the Order of "Ministration of Public Baptism" in the Book of Common Prayer).Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Fightἀγωνίζου (agōnizou) Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 75: From agon; to struggle, literally, figuratively, or genitive case. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. good καλὸν (kalon) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2570: Properly, beautiful, but chiefly good, i.e. Valuable or virtuous. fight ἀγῶνα (agōna) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 73: From ago; properly, a place of assembly, i.e. a contest; figuratively, an effort or anxiety. of the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. faith. πίστεως (pisteōs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 4102: Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. Take hold ἐπιλαβοῦ (epilabou) Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 1949: To lay hold of, take hold of, seize (sometimes with beneficent, sometimes with hostile, intent). of the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. eternal αἰωνίου (aiōniou) Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 166: From aion; perpetual. life ζωῆς (zōēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 2222: Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life. to εἰς (eis) Preposition Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. which ἣν (hēn) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. you were called ἐκλήθης (eklēthēs) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 2564: (a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name. Akin to the base of keleuo; to 'call'. [when you made] ὡμολόγησας (hōmologēsas) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 3670: From a compound of the base of homou and logos; to assent, i.e. Covenant, acknowledge. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. good καλὴν (kalēn) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 2570: Properly, beautiful, but chiefly good, i.e. Valuable or virtuous. confession ὁμολογίαν (homologian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3671: A profession, confession. From the same as homologeo; acknowledgment. before ἐνώπιον (enōpion) Preposition Strong's 1799: Neuter of a compound of en and a derivative of optanomai; in the face of. many πολλῶν (pollōn) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 4183: Much, many; often. witnesses. μαρτύρων (martyrōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 3144: A witness (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case); by analogy, a 'martyr'. 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