Tag Archives: 1 Timothy 6:13

Παραγγέλλω σοι ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ζωοποιοῦντος τὰ πάντα καὶ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ μαρτυρήσαντος ἐπὶ Ποντίου Πιλάτου τὴν καλὴν ὁμολογίαν, (1 Timothy 6:13)

I charge you before God, who gives life to all things, and Christ Jesus, who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate,

This verse, a solemn apostolic charge, invokes the highest heavenly authority and a poignant earthly moment: the confession of Christ before Pontius Pilate. Paul urges Timothy to live faithfully under the weight of this witness.

Koine Greek Breakdown

Formal and juridical in tone, the sentence contains a compound prepositional phrase, articular participles, and genitive constructions of reverence.… Learn Koine Greek