1 Timothy 1:18
This precept I commend to thee, O son Timothy; according to the prophecies going before on thee, that thou war in them a good warfare,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
19Having faith and a good conscience, which some rejecting have made shipwreck concerning the faith.
Cross References
Ephesians 6:12For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and power, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places.
1 Timothy 1:2To Timothy, his beloved son in faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Timothy 4:4For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected that is received with thanksgiving:
1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of faith: lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art called, and hast confessed a good confession before many witnesses.
2 Timothy 1:2To Timothy my dearly beloved son, grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Timothy 4:1I charge thee, before God and Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead, by his coming, 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 →