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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.
1 Timothy 6:11-16. English Standard Version. Fight the Good Fight of Faith. 11 But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of the faith.
Jun 16, 2022 · The verse I chose, 1 Timothy 6:12, begins, “Fight the good fight of the faith.” Fight is a key word, as is the prepositional phrase, “of the faith.”
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 with all thy might, Christ is thy strength, and Christ thy right; Lay hold on life, and it shall be Thy joy and crown eternally. Run the straight race through God’s good grace, Lift up thine eyes and seek His Face; Life with its way before us lies, Christ is the path, and Christ the prize.’
Take hold of eternal life to which you were called and about which you have made a good confession in the presence of many witnesses. NLT Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have declared so well before many witnesses.
1 Timothy 6:12. 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 not to entangle himself with the things of this life; he had many enemies to engage with, as Satan, and his principalities and powers ...
