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Berean Standard Bible

“Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.”

1 Timothy 6:12

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After warning against the love of money, Paul turns to Timothy personally in 1 Timothy 6:11-16, calling him a man of God and urging him to flee those things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.

World English Bible (WEB)

Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also you wast called, and did profess the right profession before many witnesses.

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Pelea la buena batalla de la fe, echa mano de la vida eterna, á la cual asimismo eres llamado, habiendo hecho buena profesión delante de muchos testigos.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Lucha la buena batalla de la fe; echa mano de la vida eterna que Dios te ha dado y que has confesado ante tantos testigos.

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