1 Timothy 6:12 NIV

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Timothy 6:11-21

B.—Address to Timothy.—A word for the rich.—Conclusion of the EpistleCH. 1 Timothy 6:11-2111But thou, O man of God,7 flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. 12Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on [the] eternal life, whereunto thou art also8 called [unto which thou wast called], and hast professed a [the] good profession before many witnesses. 13I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth9 all things, and before Christ... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - 1 Timothy 6:12-14

1 Timothy ONE WITNESS, MANY CONFESSORS 1Ti_6:12-14 . You will observe that ‘a good confession,’ or rather ‘the good confession,’ is said here to have been made both by Timothy and by Christ. But you will observe also that whilst the subject-matter is the same, the action of Timothy and Jesus respectively is different. The former professes, or rather confesses, the good confession; the latter witnesses. There must be some reason for the significant variation of terms to indicate that the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:11-21

“Fight the Good Fight of the Faith” 1 Timothy 6:11-21 The poor need not envy the rich. Wealth makes no difference in the audit of eternity. A man cannot eat more than a certain amount of food, and wear more than a certain amount of clothing. If we have enough why envy others? The true wealth of life is in self-renunciation and beneficence. How different from the money-grabber is the man of God who flees such things, and follows after righteousness, who fights the good fight against the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 6:1-21

The final injunction of the apostle concerning Timothy's duty toward his flock had to do with his dealing with Christian slaves. The master must not treat them with contempt. They are to recognize that the slaves are serving Christ, and so make their service the opportunity of testimony to the power of the' Gospel. Service will be rendered more readily and faithfully because impulsed by love. The apostle then reverted to the prime occasion of Timothy's appointment to Ephesus, which was the... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:12

THE CHRISTIAN SOLDIER‘Fight the good fight of faith.’ 1 Timothy 6:12 Here are bold brave words—words that might have been said by a general to his troops or a captain to his soldiers. And yet they were written by an aged Apostle to a very young man, although that young man was a Christian bishop. But where will you find a bolder, braver man than the Apostle Paul? Where will you find a truer soldier than his disciple St. Timothy?What are the lessons for us to learn? That we are as truly... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:11-21

Final Exhortation And Teaching (1 Timothy 6:11-21 ). Paul closes his letter with a further charge to Timothy (compare 1 Timothy 1:5), followed by a reference to the coming of our Lord, Jesus Christ, and a further description of the glory of God (compare 1 Timothy 1:17), and ending with a warning against getting ensnared in the teaching of false prophets, which is where his letter began (1 Timothy 1:3-4). Incorporated within it is an powerful exhortation to Timothy to fight the good fight of... read more

Peter Pett

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

Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, to which you were called, and did confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.’ The thought of fighting the good fight of faith has been a theme of the letter. In 1 Timothy 1:18 he was told to war a good warfare, and military terminology has appeared all the way through. It is a central theme of the letter. There is no need therefore to resort to he terminology of the games, although that too has been previously in... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:11-16

( b) 1 Timothy 6:11-Nehemiah : . Timothy’ s Call to Fidelity.— In contrast with this quest for worldly profit ( 1 Timothy 6:5; 1 Timothy 6:9 f.) Timothy must pursue the Christian virtues. Let him, in life’ s arena (for the metaphor cf. 2 Timothy 4:7, 1 Corinthians 9:24, Php_3:12 ), continuously wage faith’ s fair contest, and so obtain the victor’ s garland, eternal life ( James 1:12, Revelation 2:10). It was to win this prize that he was summoned in his baptism, at which, entering upon the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Timothy 6:12

The fight of faith is our encountering that opposition which we meet with from the world, the flesh, or the devil, for a strenuous defending the doctrine of faith, or making it good by a life suitable to the rule of faith. This is called a good fight, either in opposition to the bad fights of the men of the world in maintenance of their lusts, or the ludicrous fights usual in their public games, or of the intrinsic nobleness and exercise of it, or the good event or issue of it; and Timothy is... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:11-12

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES1 Timothy 6:11. Flee these things; and follow after.—We have a vivid view of the fear on the one side, and the eagerness of desire on the other.MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—1 Timothy 6:11-12Pursuit of the True Riches.I. Pursuit of the true riches is alone worthy of the man of God.—“But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after” (1 Timothy 6:11). God, and not worldly riches, is the sole object of the good man’s desires. He has got a glimpse of the... read more