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1 Tim. 6:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Fighto the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professedq a good profession before many witnesses.

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2 Tim. 4:7• ⁷I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: (2 Tim. 4:7)

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Heb. 10:23• ²³Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) (Heb. 10:23)

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Fight.

1 Tim. 1:18• ¹⁸This 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; (1 Tim. 1:18)

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Zech. 10:5• ⁵And 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. (Zech. 10:5)

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1 Cor. 9:25‑26• ²⁵And 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.
²⁶I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: (1 Cor. 9:25‑26)

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2 Cor. 6:7• ⁷By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, (2 Cor. 6:7)

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2 Cor. 10:3‑5• ³For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
⁴(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
⁵Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; (2 Cor. 10:3‑5)

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Eph. 6:10‑18• ¹⁰Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
¹¹Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
¹²For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
¹³Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
¹⁴Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
¹⁵And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
¹⁶Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
¹⁷And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
¹⁸Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; (Eph. 6:10‑18)

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1 Thess. 5:8‑9• ⁸But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
⁹For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, (1 Thess. 5:8‑9)

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2 Tim. 4:7• ⁷I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: (2 Tim. 4:7)

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1 Tim. 6:19• ¹⁹Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. (1 Tim. 6:19)

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Psa. 63:8• ⁸My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. (Psa. 63:8)

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Prov. 3:18• ¹⁸She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. (Prov. 3:18)

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Song of Sol. 3:4• ⁴It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. (Song of Sol. 3:4)

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Phil. 3:12‑14• ¹²Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
¹³Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
¹⁴I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 3:12‑14)

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Heb. 3:14• ¹⁴For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; (Heb. 3:14)

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Heb. 6:18• ¹⁸That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: (Heb. 6:18)

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1 John 2:25• ²⁵And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. (1 John 2:25)

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Rev. 3:3• ³Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. (Rev. 3:3)

whereunto.

Rom. 8:28‑30• ²⁸And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
²⁹For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
³⁰Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. (Rom. 8:28‑30)

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Rom. 9:23‑24• ²³And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
²⁴Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? (Rom. 9:23‑24)

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Col. 3:15• ¹⁵And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. (Col. 3:15)

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1 Thess. 2:12• ¹²That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12)

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2 Thess. 2:14• ¹⁴Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thess. 2:14)

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2 Tim. 1:9• ⁹Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, (2 Tim. 1:9)

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1 Peter 3:9• ⁹Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. (1 Peter 3:9)

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1 Peter 5:10• ¹⁰But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. (1 Peter 5:10)

hast.

1 Tim. 6:13• ¹³I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; (1 Tim. 6:13)

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Deut. 26:3,17‑19• ³And 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.
¹⁷Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
¹⁸And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
¹⁹And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken. (Deut. 26:3,17‑19)

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Isa. 44:5• ⁵One 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. (Isa. 44:5)

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Luke 12:8‑9• ⁸Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
⁹But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. (Luke 12:8‑9)

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Rom. 10:9‑10• ⁹That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
¹⁰For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Rom. 10:9‑10)

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Heb. 13:23• ²³Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you. (Heb. 13:23)

• The figures are taken as often from the games so familiar in that day. "Combat the good combat of the faith." Flesh or sight would only seek present things. Christ must be in view. (“On 1 Timothy 6:11-16” by W. Kelly)

• As in "fleeing," and "pursuing," the work is regarded as expressly continuous: not so in "laying hold" of the eternal life. It is a single act, and duration is excluded from the thought, all being summed up in its completion, like the waking up righteously once for all in 1 Cor. 15:23 compared with the habit of not sinning. It is the prize at the end of which faith should have laid hold now. (“On 1 Timothy 6:11-16” by W. Kelly)

• If anyone represents God in the world, there must be warfare, because the enemy is there. (“1 Timothy 6” by J.N. Darby)

• If the man of God flees from evil, follows good, fights for the faith and lays hold of eternal life, he will be one who in his life makes a good confession before others. He becomes a living witness to the truths that he professes. (“Warnings Against Pride of the Flesh and Instruction in Piety: 1 Timothy 6” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Strive earnestly in the good conflict of faithf. Lay holdg of eternal life, to which thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "combat of the faith."

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As "seize," Acts 16.19; "caught hold," Matt. 14.31.

W. Kelly Translation

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Combat the good combat of faith; lay hold on the life eternal whereunto thou wasta called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

WK Translation Notes

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"Also" is only in some inferior witnesses. It only encumbers the sense.