1 Timothy 6:12

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀγωνίζου τὸν καλὸν ἀγῶνα τῆς πίστεως, ἐπιλαβοῦ τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς, εἰς ἣν καὶ ἐκλήθης, καὶ ὡμολόγησας τὴν καλὴν ὁμολογίαν ἐνώπιον πολλῶν μαρτύρων.

Transliteration

Agōnizou the kalon agōna tēs pisteōs, epilabou tēs aiōniou zōēs, into which kai eklēthēs, and hōmologēsas tēn kalēn homologian enōpion pollōn martyrōn.

Grammar Details

• *Agōnizou*: present imperative, 2nd person singular, middle/passive - fight/contend/strive
• *ton kalon agōna*: accusative, masculine, singular with article and adjective - the good fight/contest
• *tēs pisteōs*: genitive, feminine, singular with article - of the faith
• *epilabou*: aorist imperative, 2nd person singular, middle - take hold of/seize/grasp
• *tēs aiōniou zōēs*: genitive, feminine, singular with article and adjective - of the eternal life
• *eis*: preposition - into/for
• *hēn*: relative pronoun, accusative, feminine, singular - which
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *eklēthēs*: aorist indicative, 2nd person singular, passive - you were called
• *hōmologēsas*: aorist indicative, 2nd person singular, active - you confessed/professed
• *tēn kalēn homologian*: accusative, feminine, singular with article and adjective - the good confession
• *enōpion*: preposition - before/in the presence of
• *pollōn*: adjective, genitive, masculine, plural - many
• *martyrōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - witnesses

Word Meanings

• *Agōnizou*: fight/contend/strive/struggle
• *kalon*: good/noble/excellent/beautiful
• *agōna*: fight/contest/conflict/struggle
• *pisteōs*: faith/belief/trust/faithfulness
• *epilabou*: take hold of/seize/grasp/lay hold of
• *aiōniou*: eternal/everlasting/age-lasting
• *zōēs*: life/existence
• *eklēthēs*: were called/summoned/invited
• *hōmologēsas*: confessed/professed/acknowledged/agreed
• *kalēn*: good/noble/excellent/beautiful
• *homologian*: confession/profession/agreement
• *martyrōn*: witnesses/testifiers

Referenced Verses

• 1 Tim 1:18 : 18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
• 1 Cor 9:25-26 : 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
• Eph 6:10-18 : 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
• Heb 3:14 : 14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
• 1 Tim 6:13 : 13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
• 1 Tim 6:19 : 19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
• 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
• Col 3:15 : 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
• 1 Thess 2:12 : 12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
• 1 Thess 5:8-9 : 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
• 2 Thess 2:14 : 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Cor 6:7 : 7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
• 2 Cor 9:13 : 13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
• Deut 26:3 : 3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us.
• Deut 26:17-19 : 17 Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: 18 And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; 19 And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.
• Ps 63:8 : 8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
• Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
• Song 3:4 : 4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
• Isa 44:5 : 5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
• Zech 10:5 : 5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
• Luke 12:8-9 : 8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: 9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
• Rom 8:28-30 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
• Rom 9:23-24 : 23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, 24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
• Rom 10:9-9 : 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
• 1 John 2:25 : 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
• Rev 3:3 : 3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
• 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
• Heb 6:18 : 18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
• Heb 13:23 : 23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
• Phil 3:12-14 : 12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
• 2 Tim 4:7 : 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
• 2 Cor 10:3-5 : 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;