1 Timothy
1 Timothy 1:18–19
18Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight, 19holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.
Word by word
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1 Timothy 1:18
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy | Τιμόθεε | Timothee | Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular | G5095 Timothy |
| child | τέκνον | teknon | Noun - Vocative Neuter Singular | G5043 a child, descendent, inhabitant |
| I entrust | παρατίθεμαί | paratithemai | Verb - Present Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular | G3908 I set before, serve, entrust to |
| you with | σοι | soi | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular | G4771 you |
| this | Ταύτην | Tautēn | Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3778 this, he, she, it |
| command | παραγγελίαν | parangelian | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3852 a command, charge |
| in keeping with | κατὰ | kata | Preposition | G2596 down from, against, according to, throughout, during |
| the | τὰς | tas | Article - Accusative Feminine Plural | G3588 the |
| previous | προαγούσας | proagousas | Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Feminine Plural | G4254 I lead forth, go before |
| prophecies | προφητείας | prophēteias | Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural | G4394 prophecy |
| about | ἐπὶ | epi | Preposition | G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at |
| you | σὲ | se | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Singular | G4771 you |
| so that | ἵνα | hina | Conjunction | G2443 in order that, so that |
| by | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| them | αὐταῖς | autais | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Feminine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| you may fight | στρατεύῃ | strateuē | Verb - Present Subjunctive Middle - 2nd Person Singular | G4754 I wage war, fight |
| the | τὴν | tēn | Article - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3588 the |
| good | καλὴν | kalēn | Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular | G2570 beautiful, good, worthy |
| fight | στρατείαν | strateian | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G4752 warfare, military service |
1 Timothy 1:19
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| holding on | ἔχων | echōn | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2192 I have, hold, possess |
| to faith | πίστιν | pistin | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G4102 faith, belief, trust |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| a good | ἀγαθὴν | agathēn | Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular | G18 good |
| conscience | συνείδησιν | syneidēsin | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G4893 the conscience |
| which | ἥν | hēn | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| some | τινες | tines | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural | G5100 any one, some one |
| have rejected | ἀπωσάμενοι | apōsamenoi | Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural | G683 I push or thrust away, reject |
| shipwrecked | ἐναυάγησαν | enauagēsan | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G3489 I am shipwrecked, ruined |
| faith | πίστιν | pistin | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G4102 faith, belief, trust |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Timothy 1:18 1 Timothy 4:14 · 1 Timothy 6:20 · 2 Timothy 4:1–3 · 2 Timothy 2:1–5 · 2 Corinthians 10:3–4 · Philippians 2:22 · 1 Timothy 6:12–14 · Ephesians 6:12–18 · 2 Timothy 4:7 · 1 Timothy 1:11–12 · 1 Timothy 1:2 · 1 Timothy 4:4
1 Timothy 1:19 1 Timothy 3:9 · Revelation 3:10 · 1 Peter 3:15–16 · 1 Timothy 6:9 · Titus 1:9 · 2 Peter 2:1–3 · Hebrews 3:14 · 2 Timothy 4:4 · 2 Timothy 3:1–6 · Hebrews 6:4–6 · 1 Corinthians 11:19 · Revelation 3:8
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.