1 Timothy 6:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Who quickeneth all things,— This seems a very suitable though oblique intimation, that should Timothy, after the example of his great Lord, sacrifice his life to the glory of God and the honour of his sacred profession, God, who raised up Christ from the dead, was equally able to raise him; and this is most fully expressed and urged, 2 Timothy 2:8-11. The next clause refers to John 18:37. Christ's confession before the Jewish high-priest, when interrogated upon oath, was rather more express; but this before Pilate was more dangerous; as his owning himself a King, was the sole pretension likely to expose him to the resentment of the Roman governor, who had the supreme power of life and death. It is perhaps called a good confession; not only as in itself noble and generous, but as all our hopes of salvation and happiness are built upon the truth of it.