"HOLDING FAITH AND A GOOD CONSCIENCE." 1 TIMOTHY 1:19These words are closely connected in sense with the preceding, which are these: "This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou mightest war a good warfare." Then follows the text, "Holding faith and a good conscience." Timothy was a young man introduced into the ministry by Paul his spiritual father, who charged him, in the execution of his ministry, to war a good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience; to fight valiantly as a good soldier of Jesus Christ, having and retaining, under all trials and temptations, the true faith of the gospel, and a good conscience; which he could do in no other way, than by faithfully discharging the various duties of the ministry.