1 Timothy 6:13
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;”
Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
πᾶς
to all things
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πᾶς
All, every, whole, any. Pas. All things work together for good. All authority has been given to Me. All the promises of God are yes in Christ. God thinks in absolutes of blessing.
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus. Iesous. The Greek form of Yeshua meaning the LORD saves. The name given before His birth. In His name is salvation healing and authority over every power of darkness.
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θεός
God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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καλός
good
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καλός
Good, beautiful, excellent. Kalos. She has done a beautiful thing. What looks like extravagance to the world looks beautiful to Jesus. He sees the love behind the act.
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ὁμολογία
confession
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ὁμολογία
A confession, a declaration, a profession. Let us hold firmly to the confession of our hope. What you confess shapes what you experience. Hold the right confession.
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μαρτυρέω
having testified
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μαρτυρέω
To testify, to bear witness. We speak what we know and testify to what we have seen. Christian witness is personal experience not opinion.
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ζωογονέω
is giving life
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ζωογονέω
to engender alive, i.e. (by analogy) to rescue (passively, be saved) from death
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παραγγέλλω
I charge
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παραγγέλλω
to transmit a message, i.e. (by implication) to enjoin
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Πιλᾶτος
Pilate
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Πιλᾶτος
close-pressed, i.e. firm; Pilatus, a Roman
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Πόντιος
Pontius
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Πόντιος
apparently bridged; Pontius, a Roman
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