1 Timothy 6:12

Run your best. AGONIZOU can be translated both "fight" and "run" (in the sense of competing in a race). [A different word is used in 1 Timothy 1:18] "Run your best in the race" had become a slogan of the Games. The Greek shows a continuous running. And win eternal life. Eternal life is not achieved, but seized! Even though "Christ on the cross" is the sole basis for our being "put right with God," still there is a human element in the sense that we must firmly hold on to Christ our Salvation!!! The false teachers had let go. Using the symbolism of the Games, Paul says to win eternal life for yourself! Good profession of faith. In our language, "confession" has to do with guilt. We profess or declare our faith in Christ. Compare Matthew 16:16; Acts 8:37.