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# Fight the good fight of faith
Here Paul speaks about a person continuing in faith as if he were an athlete fighting to win a contest or a warrior fighting a battle. Alternate translation: "Try your hardest to obey Christ's teachings with as much energy as an athlete uses in a contest" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
"Try your hardest to obey Christ's teachings with as much energy as an athlete uses in a contest"
# Take hold of the everlasting life
This continues the metaphor. Paul speaks about a person receiving eternal life as if he were a victorious athlete or warrior taking their prize. Alternate translation: "Take eternal life as your reward as a victorious athlete takes his prize" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
"Take eternal life as your reward as a victorious athlete takes his prize"
# to which you were called
This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "to which God has called you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
"to which God has called you"
# you gave the good confession
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# before many witnesses
Paul expresses the idea of location in order to signal the idea of the people to whom Timothy was speaking. Alternate translation: "to many witnesses" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
"to many witnesses"