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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• ⁷The good combat I have combated, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept: (2 Tim. 4:7)

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Heb. 10:23• ²³Let us hold fast the confession of the hope unwavering, for [he is] faithful that promised; (Heb. 10:23)

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Eternal,

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Life,

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Fight.

1 Tim. 1:18• ¹⁸This charge I commit to thee, child Timothy, according to the prophecies on thee going before, that by them thou mightest war the 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, for Jehovah is with them, and the riders on horses shall be put to shame. (Zech. 10:5)

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1 Cor. 9:25‑26• ²⁵And every one that contendeth is temperate in all things: they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
²⁶I therefore so run, as not uncertainly (so combat, as not beating air. (1 Cor. 9:25‑26)

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2 Cor. 6:7• ⁷in [the] word of truth, in [the] power of God. Through the arms of righteousness on the right and left, (2 Cor. 6:7)

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2 Cor. 10:3‑5• ³For walking in flesh we do not war according to flesh.
⁴For the arms of our warfare [are] not fleshly but powerful with God to the pulling down of strongholds,
⁵pulling down reasonings and every height that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and leading captive every thought unto the obedience of Christ, (2 Cor. 10:3‑5)

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Eph. 6:10‑18• ¹⁰For the rest, my brethren, be strengthened in [the] Lord and in the strength of his might.
¹¹Put on the panoply of God, that ye may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil;
¹²for our wrestling is not against blood and flesh, but against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [hosts] of wickedness in the heavenly [places].
¹³On this account take up the panoply of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having fully done all, to stand.
¹⁴Stand therefore, having girt about your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
¹⁵and having shod your feet with [the] preparation of the gospel of peace;
¹⁶besides all, having taken up the shield of faith with which ye will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one;
¹⁷and receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is God's word;
¹⁸with all prayer and supplication praying in every season in [the] Spirit, and thereunto watching with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints, (Eph. 6:10‑18)

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1 Thess. 5:8‑9• ⁸but we being of day, let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and hope of salvation as helmet.
⁹Because God did not appoint us unto wrath, but unto obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thess. 5:8‑9)

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2 Tim. 4:7• ⁷The good combat I have combated, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept: (2 Tim. 4:7)

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1 Tim. 6:19• ¹⁹laying up for themselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold on the real life. (1 Tim. 6:19)

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Psa. 63:8• ⁸My soul cleaveth after thee;{HR}Thy right hand maintaineth me. (Psa. 63:8)

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Prov. 3:18• ¹⁸She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold on her;{HR}And blessed [is] he that retaineth her. (Prov. 3:18)

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Song of Sol. 3:4• ⁴Scarcely had I passed from them,{HR}When I found him whom my soul loveth;{HR}I held him and would not let him go,{HR}Until I had brought him into my mother's house,{HR}And into the chamber of her that conceived me. (Song of Sol. 3:4)

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Phil. 3:12‑14• ¹²Not that I already received [it] or am already perfected; but I pursue if I may also lay hold, for that also I have been laid hold of by Christ.
¹³Brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold;
¹⁴but one thing(for-getting the things behind, and stretching out to the things before, I pursue goalward unto the prize of the calling on high of God in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 3:12‑14)

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Heb. 3:14• ¹⁴For we are become companions of Christ if indeed we hold fast the beginning of the confidence firm unto the end. (Heb. 3:14)

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Heb. 6:18• ¹⁸intervened by an oath, that by two unchangeable things in which [it was] impossible that God should lie we might have strong encouragement that fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us, (Heb. 6:18)

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

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Rev. 3:3• ³Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard; and keep it, and repent. If therefore thou watch not, I will come [upon thee] as a thief, and thou shalt in no wise know what hour I will come upon thee. (Rev. 3:3)

whereunto.

Rom. 8:28‑30• ²⁸But we do know that all things work together for good to those that love God, to those that are called according to purpose.
²⁹For whom he foreknew, he also predetermined [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he should be first-born among many brethren.
³⁰But whom he predetermined, them also he called, and whom he called, them also he justified, and whom he justified, them also he glorified. (Rom. 8:28‑30)

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Rom. 9:23‑24• ²³and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy which he before prepared for glory—
²⁴us whom he also called not only out of Jews, but also out of Gentiles, (Rom. 9:23‑24)

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

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1 Thess. 2:12• ¹²that ye should walk worthily of God that calleth you unto his own kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12)

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2 Thess. 2:14• ¹⁴whereunto he called you by our gospel unto obtaining of [the] glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thess. 2:14)

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2 Tim. 1:9• ⁹who saved us, and called [us] with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times everlasting, (2 Tim. 1:9)

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1 Peter 3:9• ⁹not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, because hereunto ye were called, that ye should inherit blessing. (1 Peter 3:9)

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1 Peter 5:10• ¹⁰But the God of all grace that called you unto his everlasting glory in Christ Jesus, after having suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, stablish, strengthen, ground: (1 Peter 5:10)

hast.

1 Tim. 6:13• ¹³I charge [thee] in the sight of God that keepeth all things alive, and Christ Jesus that witnessed before Pontius Pilate the 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 Jehovah thy God. that I am come unto the land that Jehovah swore unto our fathers to give us.
¹⁷Thou has avouched Jehovah 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 Jehovah 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 honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto Jehovah thy God, as he hath spoken. (Deut. 26:3,17‑19)

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Isa. 44:5• ⁵One shall say, I [am] Jehovah's; and another shall call [himself] by the name of Jacob; and another shall inscribe [with] his hand, [I am] Jehovah's, and surname [himself] by the name of Israel. (Isa. 44:5)

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Luke 12:8‑9• ⁸But I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, the Son of man will confess him also before the angels of God;
⁹but he that shall have denied 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 believe in thine heart that God raised him out of [the] dead, thou shalt be saved.
¹⁰For with the heart belief is unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is unto salvation. (Rom. 10:9‑10)

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Heb. 13:23• ²³Know that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom if he come soon 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.