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The Good Fight of Faith
Commentators universally explain this verse using the metaphor of an athletic contest. The Christian life is not a passive pastime but an active struggle requiring exertion. It is a 'good' fight because it is for a noble cause, under a victorious Captain (Christ), and with a guaranteed prize: eternal life. You are called to actively 'lay hold' of this prize, not just wait for it.
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1 Timothy
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Timothy 6:12
18th Century
Theologian
Fight the good fight of faith. The noble conflict in the cause of religion.
The allusion is to the contests at the Grecian games.
AT Robertson
On 1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight (αγωνιζου τον καλον αγωνα). Cognate accusative with present middle imperative of αγωνιζω, Pauline word ([Refe…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Timothy 6:12
19th Century
Bishop
That they all.—This is God’s purpose in making them believe the lie—“in order that, one and all, they might be judged.” He who des…
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On 1 Timothy 6:12
“Fight the good fight” (GK 76 & 74) is a phrase taken from the field of athletics, such as “contend in the gymnastic games.” In the NT both words a…
John Calvin
On 1 Timothy 6:12
16th Century
Theologian
Fight the good fight of faith. In the next epistle he says,
He who hath become a soldier doth not entangle himself with matters…
John Gill
On 1 Timothy 6:12
17th Century
Pastor
Fight the good fight of faith
The apostle suggests to Timothy, that he had other business to do than to mind the thi…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Timothy 6:11–16
17th Century
Minister
It is unbecoming for any men, but especially men of God, to set their hearts on the things of this world; men of God should be occupied with the th…