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1 Timothy 6:12King James Version. 12 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. Read full chapter. 1 Timothy 6:12 in all English translations. 1 Timothy 5. 2 Timothy 1. King James Version (KJV) Public Domain. Lay hold on Eternal Life! "Lay hold on eternal life."— 1 Timothy vi. 12. PAUL was very anxious about Timothy, his own son in the faith. He loved him greatly, and he had much confidence in him; but still he felt that the work of preaching the gospel was such a responsible undertaking, that he could not be too prayerful for him, nor too earnest in exhorting him to continued steadfastness. Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. Laying. Psalm 17:14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. 12 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. 13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; 14 That thou keep this commandment without.
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1 Timothy 6:12. KJ21. 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. ASV. Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses. AMP. (12) 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 (1Corinthians 9:24; Philippians 3:13-14)—the metaphor St. Paul loved so well, and which Timothy must have heard so often from his old master's lips as he preached and taught—he bids the "man of God," rising above the pitiful struggles for. 1 Timothy 6:12. ESV 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. NIV Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many. February 6, 1887. Eternal Life Within Present Grasp "Lay hold on eternal life." — 1 Timothy vi. 12. "Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life."— 1 Timothy vi. 19. "LAY hold on eternal life.". Observe that this precept is preceded by another — "Fight.
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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. 1 Timothy 6:12 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. | King James Version (KJV. 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 be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst profess the right profession before many witnesses..
If you will "mortify" or execute the deeds of the body, you'll live, really live—live it up, spiritually speaking. You'll experience the untold satisfaction of knowing you are living a life that pleases Almighty God, and in so doing you'll lay hold on eternal life now, in this life. Even the world knows that "virtue is its own. Either the self-life, the "I," or the life of Christ, the virtues, will be manifested. Such situations can be very brief. Then it is fitting to say, "Lay hold on eternal life!" The opportunity will pass us by if we are not interested in growing in the virtues of Christ and partaking more of the heavenly life.
1 Timothy 612 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life
Paul is saying, "Fight the good fight of faith, and in that way lay hold on eternal life." So the fight of faith is not just a fight to maintain faith (the first meaning); it is a fight to use faith as a weapon for attaining a victory beyond faith itself, namely, eternal life. That they may lay hold on eternal life; not by way of merit, but as the free gift of God, which the riches of grace give a title to, and a fitness for; and which shall be laid hold upon, and enjoyed by all that seek the true riches. The Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions, read, "true life"; for the present life.
