1 Timothy 6:12 (LSB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evils, and some by aspiring to it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

1 Timothy 6:11 But you, O man of God, flee from these things, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, gentleness.

1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

1 Timothy 6:13 I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate,

1 Timothy 6:14 that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "faith", "fight", "good", "take", "hold", "eternal", and "life". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "faith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "But you O man of God flee..." into verse 13's "I charge you in the presence of...", so "called" and "faith" belong inside that flow. In 1 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "faith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.