1 Timothy 6:12

Coverdale Bible (1535)

fighte a good fighte of faith: laye honde on eternall life, where vnto thou art called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

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  • 1 Tim 1:18 : 18 This commaundement commytte I vnto the (my sonne Timotheus) acordinge to ye prophecies which in tyme past were prophecied of the, that thou in them shuldest fighte a good fighte,
  • 1 Cor 9:25-26 : 25 Euery one that proueth mastrye, absteyneth from all thinges, and they do it, that they maye optayne a corruptible crowne, but we to optayne an vncorruptible crowne. 26 I therfore so runne, not as at an vncertayne thinge: So fighte I, not as one yt beateth ye ayre:
  • Eph 6:10-18 : 10 Fynally my brethren, be stronge in the LORDE, and in the power of his mighte: 11 put on the armor of God, that ye maye stonde stedfast agaynst the craftie assautes off the deuell. 12 For we wrestle not agaynst flesh and bloude, but agaynst rule, agaynst power namely, agaynst the rulers of the worlde, of the darknesse of this worlde, agaynst ye spretes of wickednes vnder the heauen. 13 For this cause take ye the armoure of God, yt ye maye be able to resiste in the euell daye, and stonde perfecte in all thinges. 14 Stonde therfore, and youre loynes gyrde aboute with the trueth, hauynge on the brest plate of righteousnes, 15 and shod vpo yor fete with the gospell of peace, that ye maye be prepared: 16 Aboue all thinges take holde of the shylde of faith, wherwith ye maye quenche all the fyrie dartes of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of saluacion, & the swerde of the sprete, which is the worde of God. 18 And praye allwayes with all maner of prayer and supplicacion in the sprete, and watch there vnto with all instaunce and supplicacion for all sayntes
  • Heb 3:14 : 14 For we are become partakers of Christ, yf we kepe sure vnto ye ende the begynnynge of the substace,
  • 1 Tim 6:13 : 13 I geue the charge before God, which quyckeneth all thinges, & before Iesu Christ, which vnder Pontius Pilate witnessed a good witnessynge,
  • 1 Tim 6:19 : 19 gatherynge vp treasure for them selues, a good foundacion, agaynst ye tyme to come, that they maye laye honde on eternall life.
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Recopence not euell for euell, nether rebuke for rebuke: but cotrary wyse, blesse: and knowe that ye are called therto, euen yt ye shulde be heyres of ye blessynge.
  • 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 But ye God of all grace, which hath called you to his euerlastinge glory in Christ Iesu, shal his owne selfe make you perfecte, which suffre a litle season: eue he shal settle, strength, and stablish you.
  • Col 3:15 : 15 And the peace of God rule in youre hertes, to the which (peace) ye are called also in one body: and se yt ye be thanfull.
  • 1 Thess 2:12 : 12 that ye wolde walke worthely before God, which hath called you vnto his kyngdome & glory.
  • 1 Thess 5:8-9 : 8 But let vs which are of the daye, be sober, armed wt the brestplate of faith and loue, and with ye helmet of hope to saluacion. 9 For God hath not appoynted vs vnto wrath, but to optayne saluacion by ye meanes of oure LORDE Iesu Christ,
  • 2 Thess 2:14 : 14 whervnto he hath called you by oure Gospell, to optayne the glory of oure LORDE Iesus Christ.
  • 2 Cor 6:7 : 7 in the worde of the trueth, in the power of God, by the armoure of righteousnes on the rightehande and on the lefte,
  • 2 Cor 9:13 : 13 and prayse God for yor obedient professynge of the Gospell of Christ, & for yor synglenesse in distributynge vnto the, and to all men,
  • Deut 26:3 : 3 and thou shalt come vnto the prest which shalbe at that tyme, and saye vnto him: I knowlege this daye vnto the LORDE thy God, that I am come in to the londe, which ye LORDE sware vnto oure fathers to geue vs.
  • Deut 26:17-19 : 17 The same daye maydest thou a promysse vnto the LORDE, that he shulde be thy God, and yt thou woldest walke in all his wayes, and kepe his ordynaunces, his commaundementes, and his lawes, and to herken vnto his voyce. 18 And the LORDE promysed the vpo the same daye, that thou shuldest be his awne peculier people, like as he hath sayde vnto the (so yt thou kepe all his commaundementes) 19 and that he wolde make the hye in prayse name and honoure aboue all nacions which he hath made yt thou mayest be an holy people vnto ye LORDE thy God, as he hath sayde vnto the.
  • Ps 63:8 : 8 For thou hast bene my helper, & vnder the shadowe of yi wynges wil I reioyse.
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tre of life to them that laye holde vpon her, and blessed are they that kepe her fast.
  • Song 3:4 : 4 So whan I was a litle past them, I foude him whom my soule loueth. I haue gotten holde vpon him, and wyl not let him go, vntill I brynge him into my mothers house, and in to hir chambre that bare me.
  • Isa 44:5 : 5 One will saye: I am the LORDES. Another wil call vnder the name of Iacob. The thirde shal subscrybe with his honde vnto ye LORDE, and geue him self vnder the name of Israel.
  • Zech 10:5 : 5 They shalbe as the giauntes, which in the batell treade downe the myre vpon ye stretes. They shal fight, for ye LORDE shalbe with them, so that the horsmen shalbe confounded.
  • Luke 12:8-9 : 8 I saye vnto you: Who so euer knowlegeth me before men, him shal the sonne of ma also knowlege before the angels of God: 9 But he that denyeth me before men, shalbe denyed before the angels of God.
  • Rom 8:28-30 : 28 But sure we are, that all thinges serue for the best vnto them that loue of God, which are called of purpose. 29 For those whom he knewe before, hath he ordeyned also before, yt they shulde be like fashioned vnto ye shappe of his sonne, yt he mighte be the first begotte amoge many brethre. 30 As for those whom he hath ordeyned before, them hath he called also: and whom he hath called, the hath he also made righteous: and whom he hath made righteous, them hath he glorified also.
  • Rom 9:23-24 : 23 that he mighte declare the riches off his glorye on ye vessels of mercy, which he hath prepared vnto glorye, 24 whom he hath called (namely vs) not onely of the Iewes, but also of the Gentyles.
  • Rom 10:9-9 : 9 For yf thou knowlegest Iesus with thy mouth, that he is the LORDE, and beleuest in thine hert, that God hath raysed him vp from the deed, thou shalt be saued. 10 For yf a man beleue from the hert, he shalbe made righteous: and yf a ma knowlege with the mouth, he shal be saued.
  • 1 John 2:25 : 25 And this is the promes yt he hath promysed vs, eue eternall life.
  • Rev 3:3 : 3 Remember therfore how thou hast receaued and hearde, and holde fast, and repent. Yf thou shalt not watche, I wil come on the as a thefe, and thou shalt not knowe what houre I wil come vpon ye
  • 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 which hath saued vs, and called vs with an holy callynge: not acordinge to oure dedes, but acordinge to his owne purpose and grace, which was geuen vs in Christ Iesu before the tyme of the worlde,
  • Heb 6:18 : 18 yt by two immutable thinges (in the which it is vnpossible yt God shulde lye) we mighte haue a stronge consolacion: euen we, which are fled to holde fast the hope that is set before vs,
  • Heb 13:23 : 23 Knowe or brother Timotheus, whom we haue sent from vs, with whom (yf he come shortly) I wil se you.
  • Phil 3:12-14 : 12 Not that I haue attayned vnto it all ready, or that I am allready perfecte: but I folowe, yf I maye comprehende that, wherin I am comprehended off Christ Iesu. 13 Brethren, I counte not my selfe yet that I haue gotten it: but one thinge I saye: I forget that which is behynde, and stretch my selfe vnto that which is before, 14 & preace vnto ye marck apoynted, to optayne the rewarde of the hye callynge of God in Christ Iesu.
  • 2 Tim 4:7 : 7 I haue foughte a good fighte: I haue fulfylled the course: I haue kepte the faith.
  • 2 Cor 10:3-5 : 3 for though we walke in the flesh, yet fighte we not after a fleshly maner. 4 For the wapens of oure warre are not fleshly, but mightie before God to cast downe stroge holdes, 5 wherwith we ouerthrowe ymaginacions, & euery hye thinge yt exalteth it selfe agaynst the knowlege of God, and brynge in to captiuyte all vnderstondinge to the obedience of Christ,

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    13 I geue the charge before God, which quyckeneth all thinges, & before Iesu Christ, which vnder Pontius Pilate witnessed a good witnessynge,

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  • 11 But thou man of God, flye soche thinges: folowe righteousnes, godlynes, faith, loue, pacience, mekenes:

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    7 I haue foughte a good fighte: I haue fulfylled the course: I haue kepte the faith.

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  • 2 Tim 2:1-5
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    1 Thou therfore my sonne, be stronge thorow the grace which is in Christ Iesu.

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    3 Thou therfore suffre affliccion as a good soudyer off Iesu Christ.

    4 No ma that warreth, tangleth him selfe with wordly busynesses, & that because he wolde please him, which hath chosen him to be a soudyer.

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    12 for the which cause I also suffre these thinges, neuertheles I am not ashamed. For I knowe whom I haue beleued, and am sure that he is able to kepe that which I haue commytted vnto his kepynge agaynst that daye.

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    6 Yf thou shalt put the brethren in remembraunce of these thinges, thou shalt be a good mynister of Iesu Christ, which hast bene norished vp in the wordes of faith and of good doctryne, which thou hast folowed hither to.

    7 As for vngoostly and olde wyuesh fables, cast them awaye, but exercyse thy selfe vnto godlynes.

    8 For bodely exercyse profyteth litle, but godlynes is profytable vnto all thinges, as a thinge which hath promyses of the life that is now, and of the life for to come.

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    19 gatherynge vp treasure for them selues, a good foundacion, agaynst ye tyme to come, that they maye laye honde on eternall life.

    20 O Timothy, kepe that which is committed vnto the, and avoyde vngoostly vayne wordes, and opposicions of science falsly so called,

    21 which whyle some professed, they haue erred as concernynge the faith. Grace be with the, Amen.

  • 26 I therfore so runne, not as at an vncertayne thinge: So fighte I, not as one yt beateth ye ayre:

  • 13 For this cause take ye the armoure of God, yt ye maye be able to resiste in the euell daye, and stonde perfecte in all thinges.

  • 8 This is a true sayege. Of these thinges wolde I that thou shuldest speake earnestly, that they which are become beleuers in God, might be diligent to excell in good workes: for these thinges are good and profitable vnto me.

  • 3 Beloued, when I gaue all diligence to wryte vnto you of the commen saluacion: it was nedefull for me to wryte vnto you, to exhorte you, that ye shulde continually laboure in the faith which was once geue vnto the sayntes.

  • 13 Watch ye, stonde fast in the faith, quyte you like men, and be stronge:

  • 30 and to haue euen the same fighte, which ye haue sene in me, and now heare of me.

  • 32 But call ye to remebrauce ye dayes yt are past, i ye which after ye had receaued lighte, ye endured a greate fighte off aduersities:

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    9 whome resiste stedfast in the faith, and knowe, that youre brethren in the worlde haue euen the same affliccions.

    10 But ye God of all grace, which hath called you to his euerlastinge glory in Christ Iesu, shal his owne selfe make you perfecte, which suffre a litle season: eue he shal settle, strength, and stablish you.

  • 22 Fle thou the lustes of youth, but folowe righteousnes, faith, loue, peace, with all them that call vpon the LORDE with pure hert.

  • 15 These thinges exercyse, and geue thy selfe vnto them, that thine increase maye be manifest vnto euery man.

  • 12 that ye faynte not, but folowe them which thorow faith and paciece inheret the promyses.

  • 5 But watch thou in all thinges, suffre aduersite, do the worke of a preacher of the Gospell, fulfyll thine office vnto the vttemost.

  • 7 in the worde of the trueth, in the power of God, by the armoure of righteousnes on the rightehande and on the lefte,

  • 15 Study to shewe thy selfe vnto God a laudable workman, that nedeth not to be ashamed, deuydynge the worde of trueth iustly.

  • 10 But thou hast sene the experience of my doctryne, my fasshion of lyuynge, my purpose, my faith, my longsufferynge, my loue, my pacience,

  • 6 so that we maye boldely saye: The LORDE is my helper, and I wyl not feare what man maye do vnto me.

  • 9 For God is faithfull, by who ye are called vnto the fellishippe of his sonne Iesus Christ oure LORDE.

  • 14 But contynue thou in the thinges that thou hast lerned, which also were comytted vnto the, seynge thou knowest of who thou hast learned them,

  • 5 & haue taisted of ye good worde of God, and of the power of the worlde to come,

  • 23 and let vs kepe the profession of oure hope without wauerynge (for he is faithfull that hath promysed)

  • 6 in the which ye shal reioyse, though now for a litle season (yff nede requyre) ye are in heuynes thorow manyfolde temptacions:

  • 17 And take the helmet of saluacion, & the swerde of the sprete, which is the worde of God.

  • 6 that oure comen faith maye be frutefull in the, thorow knowlege of all ye good that ye haue in Christ Iesu.

  • 1 Wherfore seynge we haue so greate a multitude of witnesses aboute vs let vs also laye awaye all yt presseth downe, and the synne that hangeth on, and let vs runne with pacience vnto the batayl that is set before vs,

  • 35 Cast not awaye therfore yor confidence, which hath so greate a rewarde.

  • 11 put on the armor of God, that ye maye stonde stedfast agaynst the craftie assautes off the deuell.

  • 9 and soch one as cleueth vnto the true worde of doctryne: that he maye be able to exhorte with wholsome lernynge, & to improue them that saye agaynst it.