1 Timothy 1:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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;

Charge

2 Timothy 4:1

Son

According

1 Timothy 4:4

Mightest

2 Timothy 4:7

Bible References

Charge

and is not in accordance with the Good News of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.

Do not be careless about the gifts with which you are endowed, which were conferred on you through a divine revelation when the hands of the elders were placed upon you.

I charge you--as in the presence of God who gives life to all creatures, and of Christ Jesus who at the bar of Pontius Pilate made a noble profession of faith--

All that you have been taught by me in the hearing of many witnesses, you must hand on to trusty men who shall themselves, in turn, be competent to instruct others also.

I solemnly implore you, in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who is about to judge the living and the dead, and by His Appearing and His Kingship:

Son

To Timothy, my own true son in the faith. May grace, mercy and peace be granted to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

But you know Timothy's approved worth--how, like a child working with his father, he has served with me in furtherance of the Good News.

To Timothy my dearly-loved child. May grace, mercy and peace be granted to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

You then, my child, must be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

To Titus my own true child in our common faith. May grace and peace be granted to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

I entreat you on behalf of my own child whose father I have become while in my chains--I mean Onesimus.

According

For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be cast aside, if only it is received with thanksgiving.

Mightest

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.

For, though we are still living in the world, it is no worldly warfare that we are waging.

For ours is not a conflict with mere flesh and blood, but with the despotisms, the empires, the forces that control and govern this dark world--the spiritual hosts of evil arrayed against us in the heavenly warfare.

As a good soldier of Christ Jesus accept your share of suffering.

I have gone through the glorious contest; I have run the race; I have guarded the faith.