1 Timothy 6:12

New American Bible - revised edition

Compete well for the faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which you were called when you made the noble confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Cross References

Psalm 63:8

You indeed are my savior, and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who grasp her, and those who hold her fast are happy.

Song of Solomon 3:4

Hardly had I left them when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him and would not let him go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of her who conceived me.

Isaiah 44:5

One shall say, “I am the Lord’s,” another shall be named after Jacob, And this one shall write on his hand, “The Lord’s,” and receive the name Israel.

Zechariah 10:5

Together they will be like warriors, trampling the mud of the streets in battle. They will wage war because the Lord is with them, and will put the horsemen to shame.

2 Corinthians 6:7

in truthful speech, in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness at the right and at the left;

2 Corinthians 9:13

Through the evidence of this service, you are glorifying God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your contribution to them and to all others,

Deuteronomy 26:3

There you shall go to the priest in office at that time and say to him, “Today I acknowledge to the Lord, my God, that I have indeed come into the land which the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.”

Philippians 1:30

Yours is the same struggle as you saw in me and now hear about me.

Colossians 3:15

And let the peace of Christ control your hearts, the peace into which you were also called in one body. And be thankful.

1 Thessalonians 2:12

exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you conduct yourselves as worthy of the God who calls you into his kingdom and glory. Further Thanksgiving.

2 Thessalonians 2:14

To this end he has [also] called you through our gospel to possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 1:18

I entrust this charge to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophetic words once spoken about you. Through them may you fight a good fight

1 Timothy 1:19

by having faith and a good conscience. Some, by rejecting conscience, have made a shipwreck of their faith,

1 Timothy 4:14

Do not neglect the gift you have, which was conferred on you through the prophetic word with the imposition of hands of the presbyterate.

1 Timothy 6:13

I charge [you] before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who gave testimony under Pontius Pilate for the noble confession,

1 Timothy 6:19

thus accumulating as treasure a good foundation for the future, so as to win the life that is true life.

2 Timothy 1:9

He saved us and called us to a holy life, not according to our works but according to his own design and the grace bestowed on us in Christ Jesus before time began,

2 Timothy 2:2

And what you heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will have the ability to teach others as well.

2 Timothy 4:7

I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith.

Hebrews 13:23

I must let you know that our brother Timothy has been set free. If he comes soon, I shall see you together with him.

Hebrews 3:14

We have become partners of Christ if only we hold the beginning of the reality firm until the end,

Hebrews 6:18

so that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to hold fast to the hope that lies before us.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not return evil for evil, or insult for insult; but, on the contrary, a blessing, because to this you were called, that you might inherit a blessing.

1 Peter 5:10

The God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory through Christ [Jesus] will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you after you have suffered a little.

1 John 2:25

And this is the promise that he made us: eternal life.

Jude 1:3

Beloved, although I was making every effort to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel a need to write to encourage you to contend for the faith that was once for all handed down to the holy ones.

Revelation 3:3

Remember then how you accepted and heard; keep it, and repent. If you are not watchful, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come upon you.

Judges 3:2

to teach warfare to those generations of Israelites who had never experienced it: