Verse 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 that is ever conquered and undone.
Lay hold on As a prize of victory, eternal life.
Called By a divine summons, as Paul himself was “called to be an apostle.”
Professed… profession Rather, hast confessed the good confession. This refers not to any one particular profession, any more than fight refers to any particular battle. Timothy’s ministry at Ephesus was to be a fight; his preaching Jesus was the good confession; the many witnesses are not only men (Hebrews 12:1) but the elect angels, (v, 21,) Christ Jesus, and God.
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