1 Timothy 1:18 “Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the…”

1 Timothy 1:18

Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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;

World English Bible

I commit this instruction to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which were given to you before, that by them you may wage the good warfare,

American Standard Version

This charge I commit unto thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to thee, that by them thou mayest war the good warfare;

Geneva Bible 1599

This commandement commit I vnto thee, sonne Timotheus, according to the prophecies, which went before vpon thee, that thou by them shouldest fight a good fight,

Darby Translation

This charge, [my] child Timotheus, I commit to thee, according to the prophecies as to thee preceding, in order that thou mightest war by them the good warfare,

Young's Literal Translation

This charge I commit to thee, child Timotheus, according to the prophesies that went before upon thee, that thou mayest war in them the good warfare,

Bible in Basic English

This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,

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Cross references

“charge”

1 Timothy 4:14 1 Timothy 6:20 2 Timothy 4:1–3 1 Timothy 1:11 1 Timothy 1:12 1 Timothy 6:13

1 Timothy 4:14 · BSB

Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.

1 Timothy 6:20 · BSB

O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”

2 Timothy 4:1–3 · BSB

I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:

1 Timothy 1:11 · BSB

that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

1 Timothy 1:12 · BSB

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.

1 Timothy 6:13 · BSB

I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:

“son”

Philippians 2:22 1 Timothy 1:2 2 Timothy 1:2 Titus 1:4 Philemon 1:10 2 Timothy 2:1

Philippians 2:22 · BSB

But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.

1 Timothy 1:2 · BSB

To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Timothy 1:2 · BSB

To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Titus 1:4 · BSB

To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Philemon 1:10 · BSB

I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.

2 Timothy 2:1 · BSB

You therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

“according”

1 Timothy 4:4

1 Timothy 4:4 · BSB

For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,

“mightest”

Ephesians 6:12–18 2 Timothy 4:7 1 Timothy 6:12 2 Corinthians 10:3 2 Corinthians 10:4 2 Timothy 2:3–5

Ephesians 6:12–18 · BSB

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

2 Timothy 4:7 · BSB

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

1 Timothy 6:12 · 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.

2 Corinthians 10:3 · BSB

For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.

2 Corinthians 10:4 · BSB

The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

2 Timothy 2:3–5 · BSB

Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

19holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.

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