1 Timothy 6:12 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Timothy 6:12 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ἀγωνίζου
agōnízomai
G75
to strive
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
καλὸν
kalós
G2570
good
ἀγῶνα
agṓn
G73
assembly
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
πίστεως
pístis
G4102
faith
ἐπιλαβοῦ
epilambánomai
G1949
to overtake
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
αἰωνίου
aiṓnios
G166
eternal
ζωῆς
zōḗ
G2222
life
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
ἣν
hós
G3739
who
ἐκλήθης
kaléō
G2564
to call
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ὡμολόγησας
homologéō
G3670
to agree with
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
καλὴν
kalós
G2570
good
ὁμολογίαν
homología
G3671
profession
ἐνώπιον
enṓpion
G1799
before
πολλῶν
polýs
G4183
many
μαρτύρων
mártys
G3144
witness
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Fight the good fight of the faith, grasp eternal life, to which you were called and you confessed the good confession before many witnesses.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).