1 Timothy 6:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Fight

Lay

Whereunto

Hast

General references

1 John 2:25

Bible References

Fight

Timothy, my child, I am instructing you in keeping with the prophecies made earlier about you, so that by following them you may continue to fight the good fight

They will be like mighty soldiers who trample mud in the streets during battle. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and the opposing horsemen will be confused.

Everyone who enters an athletic contest practices self-control in everything. They do it to win a wreath that withers away, but we run to win a prize that never fades.

truthful speech, and divine power; through the weapons of righteousness in the right and left hands;

Of course, we are living in the world, but we do not wage war in a world-like way.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, relying on his mighty strength.

But since we belong to the day, let's be sober. We must put on the breastplate of faith and love, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.

I have fought the good fight. I have completed the race. I have kept the faith.

Lay

By doing this they store up a treasure for themselves that is a good foundation for the future, so that they can keep their hold on the life that is real.

My soul clings to you, even as your right hand supports me.

She is a tree of life for those who embrace her, and whoever clutches her tightly will be joyful.

I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and wouldn't let him go until I brought him to my mother's house, to the room of the one who conceived me.

It's not that I have already reached this goal or have already become perfect. But I keep pursuing it, hoping somehow to embrace it just as I have been embraced by the Messiah Jesus.

because we are the Messiah's partners only if we hold on to our original confidence to the end.

so that by these two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to prove false, we who have taken refuge in him might be encouraged to seize the hope set before us.

The message that the Son himself declared to us is eternal life.

So remember what you received and heard. Obey it, and repent. If you are not alert, I will come like a thief, and you won't know the time when I will come to you.

Whereunto

And we know that for those who love God, that is, for those who are called according to his purpose, all things are working together for good.

Can't he also reveal his glorious riches to the objects of his mercy that he has prepared ahead of time for glory

Let the peace of the Messiah also rule in your hearts, to which you were called in one body, and be thankful.

We comforted and encouraged you, urging you to live in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.

With this purpose in mind, he called you through our proclamation of the gospel so that you would obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah.

He saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our own accomplishments, but according to his own purpose and the grace that was given to us in the Messiah Jesus before time began.

Do not pay others back evil for evil or insult for insult. Instead, keep blessing them, because you were called to inherit a blessing.

After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you by the Messiah Jesus to his eternal glory, will restore you, establish you, strengthen you, and support you.

Hast

Since you are in the presence of God, who gives life to everything, and in the presence of the Messiah Jesus, who gave a good testimony before Pontius Pilate, I solemnly charge you

Approach the priest who is in charge at that time and say to him, "I acknowledge today to the LORD your God that I've arrived in the land that the LORD promised our ancestors to give us.'

One will say, "I belong to the LORD,' and another will call himself by the name of Jacob; still another will have written on his hand, "the LORD's,' and will adopt the name of Israel."

"But I tell you, the Son of Man will acknowledge before God's angels everyone who acknowledges me before people.

If you declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

You should know that our brother Timothy has been set free. If he comes soon, he will be with me when I see you.

General references

The message that the Son himself declared to us is eternal life.