1 Timothy 1:18

This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, in accordance with the preceding prophecies concerning you, that by them you may war the good warfare,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;

In Context

17Now to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only wise God, be honor and glory from age to age. Amen.)

19holding faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust from them, as it respects faith have made shipwreck; of whom are Hymenæus and Alexander,

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Cross References

Ephesians 6:12for our conflict is not with flesh and blood, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the rulers of the darkness of this world, with the wicked spirits in the heavenly regions.

1 Timothy 1:2to Timothy, my true son in the faith; grace, mercy, peace from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Timothy 4:4For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving;

1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of the faith; lay hold on eternal life, to which you have been called, and for which you confessed the good confession before many witnesses.

2 Timothy 1:2to Timothy my beloved son; grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Timothy 4:1I charge you, therefore, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom,

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 1:13-18

Perverters Reproved. ( a. d. 64.) 12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.… Read the whole commentary →

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