Focused Passage

1 Timothy 6:11-16

Godliness, Contentment, the Good Fight, and Guarding the Entrusted Gospel

Paul moves from gospel-shaped conduct under slavery, to exposing false teachers and greed, to commending godliness with contentment, to charging Timothy to fight the good fight, to instructing the wealthy, and finally to guarding the entrusted truth.

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

12Fight 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.

13I 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:

14Keep this commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time.

16He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.

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Verse 11

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ButδέG1161ConjunctionyouΣὺG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person SingularOG5599InterjectionmanἄνθρωπεG444Noun - Vocative Masculine Singularof GodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine Singularflee fromφεῦγεG5343Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singularthese thingsταῦταG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter PluralandδὲG1161ConjunctionpursueδίωκεG1377Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person SingularrighteousnessδικαιοσύνηνG1343Noun - Accusative Feminine SingulargodlinessεὐσέβειανG2150Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularfaithπίστινG4102Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularloveἀγάπηνG26Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularperseveranceὑπομονήνG5281Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular[and] gentlenessπραϋπαθίανG4240Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Verse 12

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FightἀγωνίζουG75Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person SingulartheτὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingulargoodκαλὸνG2570Adjective - Accusative Masculine SingularfightἀγῶναG73Noun - Accusative Masculine Singularof theτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularfaithπίστεωςG4102Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularTake holdἐπιλαβοῦG1949Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Singularof theτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingulareternalαἰωνίουG166Adjective - Genitive Feminine SingularlifeζωῆςG2222Noun - Genitive Feminine SingulartoεἰςG1519PrepositionwhichἣνG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singularyou were calledἐκλήθηςG2564Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 2nd Person SingularvvvκαὶG2532Conjunction[when you made]ὡμολόγησαςG3670Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person SingulartheτὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingulargoodκαλὴνG2570Adjective - Accusative Feminine SingularconfessionὁμολογίανG3671Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularbeforeἐνώπιονG1799PrepositionmanyπολλῶνG4183Adjective - Genitive Masculine PluralwitnessesμαρτύρωνG3144Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Verse 13

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I chargeΠαραγγέλλωG3853Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularyouσοιG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singularin the presenceἐνώπιονG1799Preposition-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularof GodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularwhoτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singulargives lifeζωογονοῦντοςG2225Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine SingulartoτὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter Pluralall thingsπάνταG3956Adjective - Accusative Neuter PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunctionof ChristΧριστοῦG5547Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦG2424Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularwhoτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singular{made} theτὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingulargoodκαλὴνG2570Adjective - Accusative Feminine SingularconfessionὁμολογίανG3671Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularin His testimonyμαρτυρήσαντοςG3140Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine SingularbeforeἐπὶG1909PrepositionPontiusΠοντίουG4194Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularPilateΠιλάτουG4091Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Verse 14

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KeepτηρῆσαίG5083Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active. . .σεG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Singular[this]τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularcommandmentἐντολὴνG1785Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularwithout stainἄσπιλονG784Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular[or] reproachἀνεπίλημπτονG423Adjective - Accusative Feminine SingularuntilμέχριG3360PrepositiontheτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularappearanceἐπιφανείαςG2015Noun - Genitive Feminine Singularof ourἡμῶνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularLordΚυρίουG2962Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦG2424Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularChristΧριστοῦG5547Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Verse 15

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whichἣνG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine SingulartheG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularblessedμακάριοςG3107Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctiononlyμόνοςG3441Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularSovereign [One]ΔυνάστηςG1413Noun - Nominative Masculine SingulartheG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularKingΒασιλεὺςG935Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularofτῶνG3588Article - Genitive Masculine PluralkingsβασιλευόντωνG936Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctionLordΚύριοςG2962Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularofτῶνG3588Article - Genitive Masculine PlurallordsκυριευόντωνG2961Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Pluralwill bring aboutδείξειG1166Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularin His ownἰδίοιςG2398Adjective - Dative Masculine PluraltimeκαιροῖςG2540Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Verse 16

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[He]G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularaloneμόνοςG3441Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularisἔχωνG2192Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularimmortalἀθανασίανG110Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular[and] dwellsοἰκῶνG3611Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singularin unapproachableἀπρόσιτονG676Adjective - Accusative Neuter SingularlightφῶςG5457Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularNo oneοὐδεὶςG3762Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular-ἀνθρώπωνG444Noun - Genitive Masculine Pluralhas ever seenεἶδενG3708Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular[Him]ὃνG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine SingularnorοὐδὲG3761Conjunctioncan [anyone]δύναταιG1410Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singularsee [Him]ἰδεῖνG3708Verb - Aorist Infinitive ActiveTo [Him be]G3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine SingularhonorτιμὴG5092Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctioneternalαἰώνιονG166Adjective - Nominative Neuter SingulardominionκράτοςG2904Noun - Nominative Neuter SingularAmenἀμήνG281Hebrew Word

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