1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
Context
This verse from 1 Timothy Chapter 6 connects to 10 cross-references. Godliness with contentment is great gain; the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith. The rich should not be …
Other Translations
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.
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.
Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.
Cross References
And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this …
Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep …
And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; …
My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth …
It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held …
One shall say, I am the Lord’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall …
And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the …
Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before …
But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.