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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.
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12 Interlinear - 1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of the...
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And before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed...
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Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life...
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The fight of faith is our encountering that opposition which...
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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.
Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. 12 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. 13 I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in ...
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Let’s look at the whole of the verse. When we think of the term, fight, our minds go to a physical battle with fists raised to inflict blows and a stance that is ready to take punches should any get past our defenses.Fight has a metaphorical meaning, “to contend, perseveringly against opposition and temptation.” In Ephesians 6:12, Paul tells us the...
Paul, like many in the first-century environs surrounding Rome and Greece, would know of the popular Olympic games, and the chariot races so beloved by the Romans. In 1 Corinthians 9:19-23, Paul speaks of “becoming all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.”As such, he uses symbolic language to strengthen his Gospel argument to unb...
1 Timothy is the first of the three “pastoral” epistles—as they are called—which also include 2 Timothy and Titus. The books of Timothy were written by Paul to his disciple, Timothy—his son in the faith who had ministered with Paul in Berea (Acts 17:4), Athens (Acts 17:15), and Corinth (Acts 18:5; 2 Corinthians 1:19). Timothy also went with Paul to...
No fight left? The best practice to undertake starts on your knees—even on your face—before the Lord. You may want to pray Scripture back to Him as you cry out for help. Ephesians 6:10-18helps us as we cover ourselves with the full armor of God. It’s easy for us to think we must do the fighting. After all, we are equipped with our spiritual armor. ...
Romans 6:11-12. To fight the good fight of faith means that we stand firmly anchored in the word in the power of the Spirit, reckoning ourselves dead to our feelings and our human reasoning, not letting sin rule in our mortal body by obeying its lusts.
Fight the good fight of faith. Lay 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.
The fight of faith is our encountering that opposition which we meet with from the world, the flesh, or the devil, for a strenuous defending the doctrine of faith, or making it good by a life suitable to the rule of faith. This is called a good fight, either in opposition to the bad fights of the men of the world in maintenance of their lusts ...
