American Standard Version
2 Timothy 1:14
14That good thing which was committed unto thee guard through the Holy Spirit which dwelleth in us.
2 Timothy 1:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
- New International Version (NIV)Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
- English Standard Version (ESV)By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
Context of 2 Timothy 1:14
12For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day. 13Hold the pattern of sound words which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. That good thing which was committed unto thee guard through the Holy Spirit which dwelleth in us. 15This thou knowest, that all that are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. 16The Lord grant mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;
Read all of 2 Timothy 12 Timothy 1:14 word by word
τὴν καλὴν παραθήκην φύλαξον διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου τοῦ ἐνοικοῦντος ἐν ἡμῖν.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Timothy 1:14
- 2 Timothy 2:2And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
- Luke 16:11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
- Romans 3:2Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God.
- 1 Corinthians 9:17For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me.
- 2 Corinthians 5:19to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
- Galatians 2:7but contrariwise, when they saw that I had been intrusted with the gospel of the uncircumcision, even as Peter with the gospel of the circumcision
- Colossians 4:11and Jesus that is called Justus, who are of the circumcision: these only are my fellow-workers unto the kingdom of God, men that have been a comfort unto me.
- 1 Timothy 1:11according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
- 1 Timothy 6:20O Timothy, guard that which is committed unto thee, turning away from the profane babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;
- Romans 8:13for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
- Ephesians 5:18And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;
- 1 Thessalonians 5:19Quench not the Spirit;
- 1 Peter 1:22Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:
- John 14:17even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you.
- Romans 8:11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
- 1 Corinthians 3:16Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Commentaries on 2 Timothy 1:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14That good thing - The everlasting Gospel, keep by the Holy Ghost; for without a continual spiritual energy man can do nothing. This indwelling Spirit will make them effectual to thy own salvation, and enable thee to preach them to the salvation of the souls of others.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14That good thing which was committed unto thee; - see the notes at 1 Timothy 6:20. The reference here in the phrase, “that good thing committed to thee,” is to the sound Christian doctrine with which he had been intrusted, and which he was required to transmit to others. Keep by the Holy Ghost - By the aid of the Holy Spirit. One of the best methods of preserving the knowledge and the love of truth is to cherish the influences of the Holy Spirit.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 6-14 God has not given us the spirit of fear, but the spirit of power, of courage and resolution, to meet difficulties and dangers; the spirit of love to him, which will carry us through opposition. And the spirit of a sound mind, quietness of mind. The Holy Spirit is not the author of a timid or cowardly disposition, or of slavish fears. We are likely to bear afflictions well, when we have strength and power from God to enable us to bear them. As…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Timothy must protect the important truth (literally guard the good deposit; see study notes on 1:12; 3:11). He is to do this by accurately proclaiming it and preventing false teachers from distorting it (see study note on 2:2; see also 1 Timothy 6:20).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Translate as Greek, "That goodly deposit keep through the Holy Ghost," namely, "the sound words which I have committed to thee" (2Ti 1:13; 2Ti 2:2). in us--in all believers, not merely in you and me. The indwelling Spirit enables us to keep from the robbers of the soul the deposit of His word committed to us by God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Timothy 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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