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NASB | 1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Timothy 6:12 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. |
Bible Question: What does Paul mean by Fight the good Fight. Stand strong and endure in our Faith or dispute with others on biblical matters. I really need understanding about this. |
Bible Answer: Greetings shamrock, Welcome to the forum! 1 Tim 6:12 would be "Stand strong and endure in our Faith" Chapter 6 starts with instructions to servants and then moves along to verse 11 where Paul addresses Timothy directly, "O man of God". Paul exhorts Timothy to "flee these things", the things Paul just referred to in the preceding verses; "pride, envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings". Fight the good fight of faith, persevere in righteousness because daily we are to take up our cross. Lay aside those things that can lead a person to destruction. Hold on to these things, righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience and meekness (v11), for they are profitable toward eternal life. Paul tells him to be strong in his calling in which many were witnesses to (Acts 16). Keep the faith. Flee from evil. Despise nothing but unrighteousness. The International Standard Version and the Contemporary English Version of the Scriptures uses, "fight for the faith", but this could have the wrong connotation to the meaning, "fight of faith" used in NASB, KJV, ASV. Hope I have served in some way. eklektos |