1 Timothy 6:12

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:12

1 Timothy 6:12 Man's Great Duty. I. Consider our need of eternal life. Sin has brought death into this world; and we are all of us involved in the calamity and buried in the ruins of the fall. We may not have sinned as others have done: that is very possible. But though we have sinned less than others, we cannot be saved by merit; even as, thank God, though we have sinned more than others we may be saved by mercy. Those who speak of great and little, of few and many sins, seem to forget that... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Timothy 6:12

DISCOURSE: 2238THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH1 Timothy 6:12. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life.THE Apostle Paul, being particularly conversant with the cities of Greece, and writing many of his epistles to Churches which he had established in that country, frequently alluded to the games which were there celebrated, taking from them metaphors whereby to illustrate the blessed truths of the Gospel. The public exhibitions of running, wrestling, fighting, formed the chief scenes of... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:1-21

Chapter 6Now Paul turns to the subject of servants in chapter six.Let as many servants as are under the yoke ( 1 Timothy 6:1 )That is, to a master.count their own masters worthy of all honour ( 1 Timothy 6:1 ),Now this is actually the word "slave." And in that day, slavery was a very common practice. And Paul said, If you are a slave, then count your master worthy of all honor or respect.that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed ( 1 Timothy 6:1 ).In our day and age, it is so... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Timothy 6:1-21

1 Timothy 6:1-2 . Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, by obeying their commands, for in civil society we are all servants, and have duties which must be discharged. If reverence be not paid to the orders of the master, christianity will be blasphemed. If a servant have a believing master, he is still a servant; and it will be a double shame for him to be punished for idleness or disobedience, or in anywise not doing his best for his... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Timothy 6:12

1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of faith.The good fightWar is a terribly earnest business which will not bear to be trifled with. Of all things under the sun, this work of fighting, if it is to be done at all, is one that must be done with all our heart and mind. It is no mere holiday affair of plumes and epaulettes, and drums and trumpets, and flags and fine parade. Only certain ruin will come to those who go into it in that spirit, with a light and careless heart. Well, now, it is to such... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:12

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. Ver. 12. Fight the good fight ] Not only follow after the former graces, but fight for them, rather than fail of them. Lay hold on eternal life ] While others lay hold on wealth, honours, &c. Catch at the crown, which is hanged up on high, as it were, and provided for conquerors only, that so fight as to finish, 2 Timothy 4:7-8 . Tempus... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Timothy 6:12

Fight: 1 Timothy 1:18, Zechariah 10:5, 1 Corinthians 9:25, 1 Corinthians 9:26, 2 Corinthians 6:7, 2 Corinthians 10:3-Deuteronomy :, Ephesians 6:10-Job :, 1 Thessalonians 5:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:9, 2 Timothy 4:7 lay: 1 Timothy 6:19, Psalms 63:8, Proverbs 3:18, Song of Solomon 3:4, Philippians 3:12-2 Chronicles :, Hebrews 3:14, Hebrews 6:18, 1 John 2:25, Revelation 3:3 whereunto: Romans 8:28-Amos :, Romans 9:23, Romans 9:24, Colossians 3:15, 1 Thessalonians 2:12, 2 Thessalonians 2:14, 2 Timothy... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 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.Fight the good fight of faith — Not about words.Lay hold on eternal life — Just before thee.Thou hast confessed the good confession — Perhaps at his baptism: so likewise, 1 Timothy 6:13; but with a remarkable variation of the expression.Thou hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses — To which they all assented. He witnessed the good... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:12

12. Fight For such hostile foes will not only come to battle, but to ceaseless war. Good fight It is the battle of good against evil; the war of right against wrong, for which wrong is to blame; for it has no right to exist, much less to fight. Of faith Which means faith in Christ, in God, in heaven, in holiness, and in truth. In this great fight there is no room for mistake or doubt; or for fear of failure, or destruction, if we only fight. It is the coward or the apostate alone... read more

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