Things Men Can Do

Lay hold of eternal life or refuse to do so

1 Timothy 1:19  

Holding on to faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and so have shipwrecked their faith.

Hold fast to deceit and refuse to return to God

Jeremiah 8:5  

Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

Hold to God or Satan as they choose

Luke 16:13  

“No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.”

Hold fast that which is good

1 Thessalonians 5:21  

Test everything. Hold on to the good.

Stand fast or given in

1 Timothy 1:13  

Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.

Lay hold on eternal life

1 Timothy 6:12  

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

1 John 2:24-25 

24 See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.

25 And this is what he promised us—even eternal life.