1 Timothy 6:12

New English Translation

Compete well for the faith and lay hold of that eternal life you were called for and made your good confession for in the presence of many witnesses.

Cross References

Psalm 63:8

My soul pursues you; your right hand upholds me.

Proverbs 3:18

She is like a tree of life to those who obtain her, and everyone who grasps hold of her will be blessed.

Song of Solomon 3:4

Scarcely had I passed them by when I found my beloved! I held onto him tightly and would not let him go until I brought him to my mother’s house, to the bedroom chamber of the one who conceived me.

Isaiah 44:5

One will say, ‘I belong to the Lord,’ and another will use the name ‘Jacob.’ One will write on his hand, ‘The Lord’s,’ and use the name ‘Israel.’”

Zechariah 10:5

And they will be like warriors trampling the mud of the streets in battle. They will fight, for the Lord will be with them, and will defeat the enemy cavalry.

2 Corinthians 6:7

by truthful teaching, by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness both for the right hand and for the left,

2 Corinthians 9:13

Through the evidence of this service they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing with them and with everyone.

Deuteronomy 26:3

You must go to the priest in office at that time and say to him, “I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come into the land that the Lord promised to our ancestors to give us.”

Philippians 1:30

since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.

Colossians 3:15

Let the peace of Christ be in control in your heart (for you were in fact called as one body to this peace), and be thankful.

1 Thessalonians 2:12

exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.

2 Thessalonians 2:14

He called you to this salvation through our gospel, so that you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 1:18

I put this charge before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, in order that with such encouragement you may fight the good fight.

1 Timothy 1:19

To do this you must hold firmly to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck in regard to the faith.

1 Timothy 4:14

Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, given to you and confirmed by prophetic words when the elders laid hands on you.

1 Timothy 6:13

I charge you before God who gives life to all things and Christ Jesus who made his good confession before Pontius Pilate,

1 Timothy 6:19

In this way they will save up a treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the future and so lay hold of what is truly life.

2 Timothy 1:9

He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,

2 Timothy 2:2

And entrust what you heard me say in the presence of many others as witnesses to faithful people who will be competent 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

You should know that our brother Timothy has been released. If he comes soon, he will be with me when I see you.

Hebrews 3:14

For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end.

Hebrews 6:18

so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing.

1 Peter 5:10

And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

1 John 2:25

Now this is the promise that he himself made to us: eternal life.

Jude 1:3

Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel compelled instead to write to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.

Revelation 3:3

Therefore, remember what you received and heard, and obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come against you.

Judges 3:2

He left those nations simply because he wanted to teach the subsequent generations of Israelites, who had not experienced the earlier battles, how to conduct holy war.