Last time we hurried over verse 17. Here in 1 Timothy, it stands like a banner over every bit of instruction Paul gave to Timothy. 1 Timothy 1:17: Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. + King describes His sovereignty. + Immortal is literally imperishable or never decaying. + The only God is the fundamental truth that there is only one God. All other so-called "gods" are not real. + Forever is one of the rare instances in which we use one English word to translate 5 Greek words. It's the prepositional phrase unto the ages of the ages. Our text for today centers around a command to Fight The Good Fight. 1 - It's A Command (18a) 2 - It's A Fight (18b-19a) 3 - There Are Casualties (19b-20)