Fight the good fight of faith — Not about words. Lay hold on eternal life — Just before thee. Thou hast confessed the good confession — Perhaps at his baptism: so likewise, 1 Timothy 6:13; but with a remarkable variation of the expression. Thou hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses — To which they all assented. He witnessed the good confession; but Pilate did not assent to it.
Verse 12. _FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH_] "Agonize the good agony." Thou hast a _contest_ to sustain in which thy honour, thy life, thy soul, are at stake. Live the Gospel, and defend the cause of Go...
FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH - The noble conflict in the cause of religion; see the notes on Ephesians 6:10; compare notes on 1 Corinthians 9:26. The allusion is to the contests at the Grecian games....
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. Concerning servants (1 Timothy 6:1)_ 2. Concerning those who oppose (1 Timothy 6:3) 3. Concerning contentment and temptation (1 Timothy 6:6) 4. The final exhortations ...
(_b_) 1 TIMOTHY 6:11. TIMOTHY'S CALL TO FIDELITY. In contrast with this quest for worldly profit (1 Timothy 6:5; 1 Timothy 6:9 f.) Timothy must pursue the Christian virtues. Let him, in life's arena ...
HOW TO BE A SLAVE AND A CHRISTIAN (1 Timothy 6:1-2)...
But you, O man of God, flee from these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith; lay hold on eternal life, to which you are called, no...
FIGHT. Greek. _agonizomai_. See Luke 13:24. FIGHT. Greek. _agon_. See Philippians 1:30. Figure of speech _Paronomasia_. App-6. ETERNAL. App-151. LIFE. App-170. WHEREUNTO. unto (App-104.) which. H...
_Fight the good fight of faith_ St Paul has now mounted above the lower ground in which Timothy was to maintain the true pastor's _rôle_against his rivals. -The faith," i.e. the Christian creed, the C...
A further exhortation to Timothy. The Lord's appearing Timothy's own true life and bearing are solemnly dwelt upon in contrast to the false and low; see on 1 Timothy 6:3. _thou, O man of God_ Opposed...
After ἥν the rec. text inserts καί, but it is omitted by all the uncials. 12. ἈΓΩΝΊΖΟΥ ΤῸΝ ΚΑΛῸΝ�.Τ.Λ. _Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold_ (as a prize) _on eternal life_. The metaphor of life as...
EPILOGUE. i. PERSONAL ENCOURAGEMENT TO TIMOTHY...
ΆΓΩΝΊΖΟΥ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΑΓΩΝΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G75) проводить соревнование, сражаться, бороться, воевать. Имеются в виду усилия, которые применяются для провозглашения благой вести (AM, 178f). Ά...
DISCOURSE: 2238 THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH 1 Timothy 6:12. _Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life_. THE Apostle Paul, being particularly conversant with the cities of Greece, and writi...
FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH,— _Strive generously for the faith;_ lay hold upon Christ, lay hold upon God, _lay hold on eternal life,_ &c. St. Paul, Hebrews 13:23 says, that Timothy was _set at liber...
PROPER WALK 1 Timothy 6:11-16 VI. THE MINISTER HIMSELF. 1 TIMOTHY 6:3-21 _A_ Text 6:11-16 11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patien...
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 THE GOOD FIGHT - against Satan, the world,...
19 Unless sufficient evidence to establish his guilt is produced, no charge against an elder is to be entertained. A single witness may be mistaken, or biased: he must be corroborated by one or more o...
3 Translators have experienced much difficulty with this opening sentence, because it seemed to lack the principal verb. The A V adds _ so do_, the Revisers _ so do I now_. It is very seldom that any...
6:12 faith. (f-8) Or 'combat of the faith.' hold (g-10) As 'seize,' Acts 16:19 ; 'caught hold,' Matthew 14:31 ....
CONCERNING SERVANTS, THE RICH, AND CORRUPT TEACHERS 1, 2. The eighth charge to Timothy, as to bondservants or slaves. We have here an indication of the way in which Christianity abolished slavery—not...
RESUMPTION OF PERSONAL CHARGE TO TIMOTHY. Timothy's conduct was to be in absolute contrast with that of the heterodox teachers, who valued religion as a source of gain. He must be faithful, as he had...
ART.. CALLED] RV 'was called.' A GOOD CONFESSION] RV 'the good confession,' made when he was admitted into the Church, or possibly when he was brought before a Roman magistrate to answer for his faith...
HOW TO BE A LEADER IN THE CHURCH 1 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 6 SERVANTS AND MASTERS (6:1-2) V1 Those who are slaves must respect and honour their masters. They should do this so that no on...
FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH, LAY HOLD ON ETERNAL LIFE. — Then, again, with the old stirring metaphor of the Olympic contests for a prize (1 Corinthians 9:24; Philippians 3:13) — the metaphor St. Pau...
Thoughts about the right use of wealth are suggested by the slave problem, a mischievous attitude towards which is associated with false doctrine. If a man possesses himself, he has enough. This posse...
1 Timothy 6:11-16 are a digression into a personal appeal. _Cf._ 2 Timothy 2:1; 2 Timothy 3:10; 2Ti 3:14; 2 Timothy 4:5....
ἀγωνίζου … ἀγῶνα : There is evidence that ἀγωνίζομαι ἀγῶνα had become a stereotyped expression, perhaps from the line of Euripides: καίτοι καλόν γʼ ἂν τόνδʼ ἀγῶνʼ ἠγωνίσω (_Alcestis_, 648 or 664). See...
“FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF THE FAITH” 1 Timothy 6:11 The poor need not envy the rich. Wealth makes no difference in the audit of eternity. A man cannot eat more than a certain amount of food, and wear...
The final injunction of the apostle concerning Timothy's duty toward his flock had to do with his dealing with Christian slaves. The master must not treat them with contempt. They are to recognize tha...
CONFESSING THE GOOD CONFESSION The man devoted to God's service will run away from material greed and pursue God's will. He will display reverence toward God, trust in God's word by obeying his will,...
Fight the good fight. Literally, strive [8] a good strife. St. Paul oftentimes brings this comparison of men striving for a prize. --- And hast confessed a good confession before many witnesses, not o...
(11) But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. (12) Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou...
1 Timothy 1:1-20. We enter now on the confidential communications of the apostle to some of his fellow-labourers, and tonight on the epistles to Timothy. The two have much in common, but they have als...
_THE CHRISTIAN SOLDIER_ ‘Fight the good fight of faith.’ 1 Timothy 6:12 Here are bold brave words—words that might have been said by a general to his troops or a captain to his soldiers. And yet th...
12_Fight the good fight of faith _In the next epistle he says, “He who hath become a soldier doth not entangle himself with matters inconsistent with his calling.” (2 Timothy 2:4.) In like manner, in...
The apostle then goes equally into detail with regard to servants, that is, slaves. They were to respect their masters, in order that the doctrine of the Lord should not be blasphemed. When the master...
FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH,.... The apostle suggests to Timothy, that he had other business to do than to mind the things of this world; his life was a state of warfare; he was a soldier, and was n...
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. Ver. 12. _Fight the good fight_] Not only follow a...
_But thou, O man of God_ Whatever all the world else do; (a man of God is either a prophet, a messenger of God, or a man devoted to God, a man of another world;) _flee_ As from a serpent, instead of c...
FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH; the Christian life is here, as often elsewhere, compared to a warfare against sin and Satan. Ephesians 6:11-17; 2 Timothy 2:3. LAY HOLD ON ETERNAL LIFE; as on a prize t...
THE CONDUCT OF THE TRUE CHRISTIAN AND ITS REWARD. 1 Timothy 6:11...
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....
It may be noted that in this epistle the relationships of husband and wives, children and parents, are not mentioned, as are the questions of elders, widows, and now servants. For family ties are not...
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou are also called, and hast professed a good confession before many witnesses. 1. Fight - Are Christians to fight? What kind of f...
“FIGHT”: Struggle, contend, in the present tense and indicates the continuity of the struggle of this life. Christians are soldiers in. spiritual battle (2 Timothy 2:3; Ephesians 6:10; 2 Corinthians 1...
11-16 It ill becomes any men, but especially men of God, to set their hearts upon the things of this world; men of God should be taken up with the things of God. There must be a conflict with corrupt...
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...
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1 Timothy 6:12. FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH. The thought is parallel to, but not identical with, the ‘good warfare' of 1 Timothy 1:18. Here the idea is that of the conflict of the athlete rather tha...
FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT (αγωνιζου τον καλον αγωνα). Cognate accusative with present middle imperative of αγωνιζω, Pauline word (1 Corinthians 9:25; Colossians 1:29).LAY HOLD ON (επιλαβου). Second (in...
1 Timothy 6:12 The Apostle's Exhortation with Regard to Eternal Life. There is a deep and solemn interest which always attaches to the last words of a fellow-creature; more especially is this the cas...
CONTENTS: Work of the minister continued. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Timothy, Pilate. CONCLUSION: The minister of Christ is to preach not only the general duties of all, but the duties of particu...
1 Timothy 6:1. _Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour,_ by obeying their commands, for in civil society we are all servants, and have duties which mus...
RUN YOUR BEST. AGONIZOU can be translated both "fight" and "run" (in the sense of competing in a race). [A different word is used in 1 Timothy 1:18]_ "Run your best in the race"_ had become a slogan o...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 6:11 Paul contrasts Timothy and the false teachers. True ministry is not motivated by greed. It is motivated by the reality of eternal life and an awareness of accountabili...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 6:2 Confronting the False Teaching Again. This concluding section is very similar to the opening section (1 Timothy 1:3). Both include discu
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 6:11. FLEE THESE THINGS; AND FOLLOW AFTER.—We have a vivid view of the fear on the one side, and the eagerness of desire on the other. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF...
EXPOSITION 1 TIMOTHY 6:1 _Are servants _for _servants as are_,_ _A.V.;_ the doctrine _for _his doctrine_,_ _A.V. SERVANTS; literally, _slaves_._ _That slaves formed a considerable portion of the firs...
Ver. 12. _Maintain the good contest of the faith_ literally, contend the good contest; but this does not quite accord with English usage; and I deem it better to depart a little from the precise form...
Now Paul turns to the subject of servants in chapter six. Let as many servants as are under the yoke (1 Timothy 6:1) That is, to a master. count their own masters worthy of all honour (1 Timothy 6:...
1 Corinthians 9:25; 1 Corinthians 9:26; 1 John 2:25; 1 Peter 3:9;...
Fight the good fight [α γ ω ν ι ζ ο υ τ ο ν κ α λ ο ν α γ ω ν α]. A phrase peculiar to the Pastorals. Comp. 2 Timothy 4:7. Not necessarily a metaphor from the gymnasium or arena, although ajgwn contes...
The whole verse is an allusion to the Olympic games, particularly to that of racing, where the garland or crown being hung up at the end of the goal, he that came first did lay hold of it, and take it...