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2. (1 Timothy 6:6) The true gain of godliness. Now godliness with contentment is great gain. a. Now godliness: Paul told Timothy that those who misuse God’s Word wrongly think godliness is a means of material gain. Knowing his statement might be misunderstood, he followed up with an explanation.
1 Timothy 6:12. ESV Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. NIV Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many ...
Jan 29, 2017 · When Jesus is revealed from heaven, He will deal out eternal punishment to unbelievers. Paul says (2 Thess. 1:6), “For it is only just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you.”. He adds (2 Thess. 1:8-9) that this will involve “dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of ...
1 Timothy 6:12. 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 not to entangle himself with the things of this life; he had many enemies to engage with, as Satan, and his principalities and powers; sin, and the lusts of the flesh; the world, and the ...
(12) Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life. —Then, again, with the old stirring metaphor of the Olympic contests for a prize (1Corinthians 9:24; Philippians 3:13-14)—the metaphor St. Paul loved so well, and which Timothy must have heard so often from his old master’s lips as he preached and taught—he bids the “man of God,” rising above the pitiful struggles for ...
Dec 28, 2022 · A W Pink agrees writing that "The life of faith is a "fight" (1 Timothy 6:12), a warfare in which there are no furloughs or "vacations," and our success therein depends upon renouncing our own strength, and counting solely on the sufficiency of Christ's grace. (Faith as an Overcomer) GOD'S COMMANDS. ALWAYS INCLUDE.
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Apr 12, 2013 · 1. To persevere, a man of God will flee worldliness. (When I say “man of God,” forgive me for not being politically correct, but I’m including women.) Right off we’re struck by the irony of what Paul commands Timothy: “But you, O man of God, flee!”. You would expect, “But you, O man of God, stand firm,” or “fight.”.
