1 Timothy 1:19
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New International Version (©1984)
holding on to faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and so have shipwrecked their faith.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Cling to your faith in Christ, and keep your conscience clear. For some people have deliberately violated their consciences; as a result, their faith has been shipwrecked.

English Standard Version (©2001)
holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have made shipwreck of their faith,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith.

International Standard Version (©2008)
with faith and a good conscience. By ignoring their consciences, some people have destroyed their faith like a wrecked ship.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Some have refused to let their faith guide their conscience and their faith has been destroyed like a wrecked ship.

King James Bible
Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

American King James Version
Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

American Standard Version
holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith:

Bible in Basic English
Keeping faith, and being conscious of well-doing; for some, by not doing these things, have gone wrong in relation to the faith:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Having faith and a good conscience, which some rejecting have made shipwreck concerning the faith.

Darby Bible Translation
maintaining faith and a good conscience; which last some, having put away, have made shipwreck as to faith;

English Revised Version
holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith:

Webster's Bible Translation
Holding faith and a good conscience; which some having put away, concerning faith have made shipwreck:

Weymouth New Testament
holding fast to faith and a clear conscience, which some have cast aside and have made shipwreck of their faith.

World English Bible
holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith;

Young's Literal Translation
having faith and a good conscience, which certain having thrust away, concerning the faith did make shipwreck,

Geneva Study Bible

Holding {m} faith, and a good conscience; {16} which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

(m) Wholesome and sound doctrine.

(16) Whoever does not keep a good conscience, loses also by little and little, the gift of understanding. And this he proves by two most lamentable examples.

People's New Testament

1:19 Holding faith. Essential to every saint, and especially to a minister. Some, however, had swerved from the faith, and

made shipwreck. Faith is an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast (Heb 6:19).

Wesley's Notes

1:19 Holding fast faith - Which is as a most precious liquor. And a good conscience - Which is as a clean glass. Which - Namely, a good conscience. Some having thrust away - It goes away unwillingly it always says, Do not hurt me. And they who retain this do not make shipwreck of their faith. Indeed, none can make shipwreck of faith who never had it. These, therefore, were once true believers: yet they fell not only foully, but finally; for ships once wrecked cannot be afterwards saved.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

19. Holding-Keeping hold of "faith" and "good conscience" (1Ti 1:5); not "putting the latter away" as "some." Faith is like a very precious liquor; a good conscience is the clean, pure glass that contains it [Bengel]. The loss of good conscience entails the shipwreck of faith. Consciousness of sin (unrepented of and forgiven) kills the germ of faith in man [Wiesinger].

which-Greek singular, namely, "good conscience," not "faith" also; however, the result of putting away good conscience is, one loses faith also.

put away-a wilful act. They thrust it from them as a troublesome monitor. It reluctantly withdraws, extruded by force, when its owner is tired of its importunity, and is resolved to retain his sin at the cost of losing it. One cannot be on friendly terms with it and with sin at one and the same time.

made shipwreck-"with respect to THE faith." Faith is the vessel in which they had professedly embarked, of which "good conscience" is the anchor. The ancient Church often used this image, comparing the course of faith to navigation. The Greek does not imply that one having once had faith makes shipwreck of it, but that they who put away good conscience "make shipwreck with respect to THE faith."

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

1:18-20 The ministry is a warfare against sin and Satan; carried on under the Lord Jesus, who is the Captain of our salvation. The good hopes others have had of us, should stir us up to duty. And let us be upright in our conduct in all things. The design of the highest censures in the primitive church, was, to prevent further sin, and to reclaim the sinner. May all who are tempted to put away a good conscience, and to abuse the gospel, remember that this is the way to make shipwreck of faith also.


1 Timothy 1:5 But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
1 Timothy 6:21 which some have professed and thus gone astray from the faith. Grace be with you.
2 Timothy 2:18 men who have gone astray from the truth saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and they upset the faith of some. (NASB ©1995)

Cast Clear Conscience Conscious Faith Fast Good Holding Keeping Last Persons Regard Rejected Rejecting Relation Shipwreck Shipwrecked Suffered Thrust Well-Doing Wrong


Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

Holding. See on ver. 5 3:9 Tit 1:9 Heb 3:14 1Pe 3:15,16 Re 3:3,8,10

which. Php 3:18,19 2Ti 3:1-6 2Pe 2:1-3,12-22 Jude 1:10-13

concerning. 4:1,2 1Co 11:19 Ga 1:6-8 5:4 2Ti 4:4 Heb 6:4-6 1Jo 2:19

made. 6:9 Mt 6:27

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