1 Timotheüs 6:13

13 Ik beveel u voor God, Die alle ding levend maakt, en voor Christus Jezus, Die onder Pontius Pilatus de goede belijdenis betuigd heeft,

1 Timotheüs 6:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Timothy 6:13

I give thee charge in the sight of God
Who is omniscient and omnipotent:

who quickeneth all things;
all creatures, for all animate creatures have their life, motion, and bring in him; and who quickeneth all his people, at first conversion, when dead in sin, and afterwards when dull and lifeless; and who will quicken the dead at the last day. This seems to be mentioned to strengthen Timothy against the fears of death, that should he die in fighting the Lord's battles, he was able to raise him from the dead, and would do it.

And [before] Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a
good confession;
or rather "under Pontius Pilate"; or, as the Arabic and Ethiopic versions render it, "in the time of Pontius Pilate"; for this may refer not only to the confession Christ made in his presence, at his examination by him, when he owned himself to be a King, declared the nature of his kingdom, and signified that the end of his incarnation was to bear a testimony to the truth; but it may also refer to the faithful, plain, and open witness Christ bore to truth throughout the whole of his ministry, under Pontius Pilate, by his doctrine and miracles, and at last by his sufferings and death, which he endured under him; and this is mentioned for Timothy's imitation, and to encourage him, and all other saints, to hold fast the profession of their faith to the end.

1 Timotheüs 6:13 In-Context

11 Maar gij, o mens Gods, vlied deze dingen; en jaag naar gerechtigheid, godzaligheid, geloof, liefde, lijdzaamheid, zachtmoedigheid.

12 Strijd den goeden strijd des geloofs, grijp naar het eeuwige leven, tot hetwelk gij ook geroepen zijt, en de goede belijdenis beleden hebt voor vele getuigen.

13 Ik beveel u voor God, Die alle ding levend maakt, en voor Christus Jezus, Die onder Pontius Pilatus de goede belijdenis betuigd heeft,

14 Dat gij dit gebod houdt, onbevlekt en onberispelijk, tot op de verschijning van onzen Heere Jezus Christus;

15 Welke te Zijner tijd vertonen zal de zalige en alleen machtige Heere, de Koning der koningen, en Heere der heren;