I have fought the good fight (τον καλον αγωνα ηγωνισμα). Perfect middle indicative of αγωνιζομα, a favourite figure with Paul ([Re…

I have fought a good fight. The Christian life is often represented as a conflict, or warfare. (See the commentary on [Reference 1 Timothy…

I have fought a good fight.—More accurately, more forcibly rendered, the good fight. St. Paul changes the metaph…

This seems, then, to be a distinguishing mark of a true child of God: he loves the appearing of Christ. Now there are some professors who never thi…

There are two ways of interpreting this verse. One is to assume that we have here three figures of speech: the first military, the second athletic,…

I have fought the good fight. Because it is customary to form a judgment from the event, Paul’s fight might have been condemned on the gro…

I have fought a good fight
The fight of faith; the same as in (1 Timothy 6:10) (See Gill on [Referen…

The blood of the martyrs, though not a sacrifice of atonement, was still a sacrifice of acknowledgment of the grace of God and his truth.

Previously, the Apostle advised Timothy to be persistent in preaching, for the benefit of his audience as well as for Timothy himself. Here, he pre…