1 Timothy 6:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and for which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Cross References

Psalm 63:8

My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called happy.

Song of Solomon 3:4

Scarcely had I passed them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him and would not let him go until I brought him into my mother’s house and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

Isaiah 44:5

This one will say, “I am the Lord’s”; another will be called by the name of Jacob; yet another will write on the hand, “The Lord’s,” and adopt the name of Israel.

Zechariah 10:5

Together they shall be like warriors in battle, trampling the foe in the mud of the streets; they shall fight, for the Lord is with them, and they shall put to shame the riders on horses.

2 Corinthians 6:7

truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;

2 Corinthians 9:13

Through the testing of this ministry you glorify God by your obedience to the confession of the gospel of Christ and by the generosity of your partnership with them and with all others,

Deuteronomy 26:3

You shall go to the priest who is in office at that time and say to him, ‘Today I declare to the Lord your God that I have come into the land that the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.’

Philippians 1:30

since you are having the same struggle that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.

Colossians 3:15

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.

1 Thessalonians 2:12

urging and encouraging you and pleading that you lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

2 Thessalonians 2:14

For this purpose he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 1:18

This charge I commit to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies made earlier about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight,

1 Timothy 1:19

having faith and a good conscience. By rejecting conscience, certain persons have suffered shipwreck in the faith;

1 Timothy 4:14

Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.

1 Timothy 6:13

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

1 Timothy 6:19

thus storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life that really is life.

2 Timothy 1:9

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace, and this grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,

2 Timothy 2:2

and what you have heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others as well.

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith.

Hebrews 13:23

I want you to know that our brother Timothy has been set free, and if he comes in time he will be with me when I see you.

Hebrews 3:14

For we have become partners of Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end.

Hebrews 6:18

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing.

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, support, strengthen, and establish you.

1 John 2:25

And this is what he has promised us, eternal life.

Jude 1:3

Beloved, while eagerly preparing to write to you about the salvation we share, I find it necessary to write and appeal to you to contend for the faith that was once and for all handed on to the saints.

Revelation 3:3

Remember, then, what you received and heard; obey it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.

Judges 3:2

(it was only for successive generations of Israelites, to teach war to those who had no experience of it):