11 translations · Greek
1 Timothy 6:12
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.
1 Timothy 6:12 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Be striving the good strife of the faith; be laying hold on the continuous life to which you also were called, and did profess the right profession before many witnesses.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Fight the good fight as you trust in God. Hold on tightly to the eternal life to which you were called. This is what you promised to do in front of many witnesses.
- YLT 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- 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.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- 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.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Fight the good fight of faith: lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art called, and hast confessed a good confession before many witnesses.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀγωνίζου | agōnizou | Fight | G75 ἀγωνίζομαι to struggle |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| καλὸν | kalon | good | G2570 καλός good |
| ἀγῶνα | agōna | fight | G73 ἀγών fight |
| τῆς | tēs | of the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| πίστεως | pisteōs | faith | G4102 πίστις faith |
| ἐπιλαβοῦ | epilabou | Take hold | G1949 ἐπιλαμβάνω to catch |
| τῆς | tēs | of the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| αἰωνίου | aiōniou | eternal | G166 αἰώνιος eternal |
| ζωῆς | zōēs | life | G2222 ζωή life |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 εἰς toward |
| ἣν | hēn | which | G3739 ὅς which |
| ἐκλήθης | eklēthēs | you were called | G2564 καλέω to call: call |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| ὡμολόγησας | hōmologēsas | [when you made] | G3670 ὁμολογέω to confess/profess |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| καλὴν | kalēn | good | G2570 καλός good |
| ὁμολογίαν | homologian | confession | G3671 ὁμολογία confession |
| ἐνώπιον | enōpion | before | G1799 ἐνώπιον before |
| πολλῶν | pollōn | many | G4183 πολύς much |
| μαρτύρων | martyrōn | witnesses | G3144 μάρτυς witness |
Related verses
- 1 Peter 5:10
But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
- 1 Timothy 1:18
This instruction I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which were given to you before, that by them you may wage the good warfare;
- 1 Corinthians 9:25–26
Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,
- 2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.
- Ephesians 6:10–18
Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. …
- Philippians 3:12–14
Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus. Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Timothy 6:13
I command you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession,
- Revelation 3:3
Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you won’t watch, I will come as a thief, and you won’t know what hour I will come upon you.
- 2 Corinthians 10:3–5
For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh; for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds, throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
- 1 John 2:25
This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
11 But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
12 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.
13 I command you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession,
14 that you keep the commandment without spot, blameless, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Read all of 1 Timothy 6 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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