Fight the Good Fight

Paul tells Timothy as a man of God to flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness. He is to fight the good fight of faith, take hold of eternal life, and keep the command unstained and above reproach until the appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ.

B¹¹ut 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,

Paul says Christ's appearing will be brought about in its proper time by the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light. The charge ends in doxology to the God no one has seen and whose dominion is eternal.

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.