Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Combats le bon combat de la foi, saisis la vie éternelle, à laquelle tu as été appelé, et pour laquelle tu as fait une belle confession en présence d'un grand nombre de témoins.
KJV
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
Theodoretus
Historia Ecclesiastica
Αἰγύπτῳ καὶ τῇ Ἑῴᾳ καὶ τῶν ἐν τῷ Βοσπόρῳ καὶ τῇ Θρᾴκῃ τὴν κοινωνίαν ἠσπάσαντο ἕως ἐκείνου τοῦ 3 vgl. 1 Tim. 6, 12 — 5—8 vgl. Sozomen. VIII 23—24. Pallad. Dialog, vita S. Joh. Chrys. 3. 11. 20. Symeon. Vita Joh. Chrys. 53 u. 55. Georg. Alexandrin. Vita Chrys. 54—55. Cod. Theod. XV…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
t a shepherd "lay down his life for his sheep," according to Jn. 10:15. Wherefore the Apostle says ( 1 Tim. 6:12 ): "Thou . . . hast confessed a good confession before many witnesses," that is to say, "when he was ordained," as a gloss says on this passage. Again, a certain solem…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 130 (Migne)
ei, apprehende vitam aeternam in qua vocatus es, confessus bonam confessionem coram multis testibus (I Tim. VI, 12) .» Vera est enim Redemptoris nostri ex Evangelio sententia qua «confitentem se coram hominibus confiteri dicit coram Patre, et negantem se esse negaturum (Matth. X…
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