1 Timothy 6:12

Faith Spiritual warfare Eternal life Courage and strength

¹⁰ For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

¹¹ But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.

¹³ I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:

¹⁴ Keep this commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
KJV: Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, where unto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
WEB: Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of 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.
DARBY: Strive earnestly [in] the good conflict of faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses.
BLB: Fight the good fight of the faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession before many witnesses.

ÅB: Strid troens gode strid, grip det evige liv, som du ble kalt til, du som og har avlagt den gode bekjennelse for mange vitner!
OTB: Kjemp den gode troens kamp; grip det evige liv som du ble kalt til, og som du avla den gode bekjennelsen for i nærvær av mange vitner.
B1930: Strid troens gode strid, grip det evige liv, som du blev kalt til, du som og har avlagt den gode bekjennelse for mange vidner!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Peter 5:10
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
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1 Timothy 1:18
Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,
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1 Corinthians 9:25–26
Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
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2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
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Ephesians 6:10–18
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
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Philippians 3:12–14
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
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Revelation 3:3
Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
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1 Timothy 6:13
I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:
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