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1Ti 1:18. Παρατίθεμαί σοι, I commit to thee) to lay before thy hearers, 1Ti 1:3. [Its sum is indicated in 1Ti 1:5.-V. g.]-προαγούσας, that went before) When hands were laid on Timothy, the spirit of prophecy showed that many things of great importance were about to be entrusted to Timothy, ch. 1Ti 4:14.-προφητείας) Divine predictions (Act 11:27), given forth regarding thee by many witnesses, ch. 1Ti 6:12.-στρατεύῃ, mightest war) A comparison taken from military concerns. In the following verse the comparison is from naval concerns.-αὐταῖς) προφητείαις, viz. the predictions.-τὴν καλὴν στρατείαν) that good warfare.