1 Timothy 6:13 (YLT)

Passage

I charge thee, before God, who is making all things alive, and of Christ Jesus, who did testify before Pontius Pilate the right profession,

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 6:11 and thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness;

1 Timothy 6:12 be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst profess the right profession before many witnesses.

1 Timothy 6:13 I charge thee, before God, who is making all things alive, and of Christ Jesus, who did testify before Pontius Pilate the right profession,

1 Timothy 6:14 that thou keep the command unspotted, unblameable, till the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Timothy 6:15 which in His own times He shall shew--the blessed and only potentate, the King of the kings and Lord of the lords,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "charge", "thee", "before", "making", "alive", "christ", and "jesus". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "charge", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "be striving the good strife of the..." into verse 14's "that thou keep the command unspotted unblameable...", so "all things" and "charge" 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 "all things" and "charge" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.