1 Timothy 1:17-19

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¹⁷Now to the King of the ages^[a], to the immortal invisible only God, be honor and glory forever and ever, amen.

I Am Giving You This Instruction, My Child, So You Can Fight The Good Fight

¹⁸I am depositing^[b] this instruction^[c] with you, my child Timothy, in accordance with the preceding^[d] prophecies about you, in order that by them^[e] you may fight the good fight, ¹⁹having faith and a good conscience, which^[f] having pushed-aside^[g], some suffered-shipwreck with respect to the^[h] faith—

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Footnotes

1 Timothy 1:17 Or, the King of eternity; the eternal King.
1 Timothy 1:18 Or, committing, entrusting.
1 Timothy 1:18 Or, command, as in v 5.
1 Timothy 1:18 That is, preceding Timothy’s ministry.
1 Timothy 1:18 Or, in them. That is, by following the contents of this instruction; or, in living out the prophecies.
1 Timothy 1:19 That is, a good conscience.
1 Timothy 1:19 Or, rejected.
1 Timothy 1:19 Or, their faith. That is, having ignored their conscience, they ran aground the Christian faith; or, their personal faith.

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