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.
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Gill's Exposition
Fight the good fight of faith,.... The apostle suggests to Timothy, that he had other business to do than to mind the things of this world; his life was a state of warfare; he was a soldier, and was…
Barnes' Notes
Fight the good fight of faith - The noble conflict in the cause of religion; see the notes on Eph 6:10-17; compare notes on 1Co 9:26-27. The allusion is to the contests at the Grecian games. Lay hold…
Adam Clarke
Fight the good fight of faith - "Agonize the good agony." Thou hast a contest to sustain in which thy honor, thy life, thy soul, are at stake. Live the Gospel, and defend the cause of God. Unmask…
From the mention of the abuse which some put upon religion, making it to serve their secular advantages, the apostle,
I. Takes occasion to show the excellency of contentment and the evil of…
Cambridge Bible
Fight the good fight of faith St Paul has now mounted above the lower ground in which Timothy was to maintain the true pastor's rôleagainst his rivals. -The faith," i.e. the Christian creed, the…
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