1:18 I put this charge25 before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you,26 in order that with such encouragement27 you may fight the good fight.
snThis charge refers to the task Paul described to Timothy in vv. 3–7 above.
26
snThe prophecies once spoken about you were apparently spoken at Timothy’s ordination (cf. 1 Tim 4:14) and perhaps spoke of what God would do through him. Thus they can encourage him in his work, as the next clause says.
27
tnGrk “that by them you might fight …” (a reference to the prophecies which can encourage him in his work).