2 Timothy 1:13

2 Timothy 1:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
• New International Version (NIV)What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

Context of 2 Timothy 1:13

11I was appointed to be a messenger of this Good News, an apostle, and a teacher. 12For this reason I suffer as I do. However, I’m not ashamed. I know whom I trust. I’m convinced that he is able to protect what he had entrusted to me until that day. With faith and love for Christ Jesus, consider what you heard me say to be the pattern of accurate teachings. 14With the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us, protect the Good News that has been entrusted to you. 15You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

2 Timothy 1:13 word by word

Ὑποτύπωσιν ἔχε ὑγιαινόντων λόγων ὧν παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἤκουσας ἐν πίστει καὶ ἀγάπῃ τῇ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hold fastἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• the formὑποτύπωσιςhupotupōsis · exampleG5296
• of soundὑγιαίνωhugiainō · be healthyG5198
• wordsλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• thou hast heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• ofπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• loveἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
• which isὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424

Cross-references for 2 Timothy 1:13

• 2 Timothy 1:14With the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us, protect the Good News that has been entrusted to you.
• 2 Timothy 3:14However, continue in what you have learned and found to be true. You know who your teachers were.
• Proverbs 3:18⌞Wisdom⌟ is a tree of life for those who take firm hold of it. Those who cling to it are blessed.
• Proverbs 4:4they used to teach me and say to me, “Cling to my words wholeheartedly. Obey my commands so that you may live.
• Proverbs 23:23Buy truth (and do not sell it), ⌞that is,⌟ buy wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
• Philippians 1:27Live as citizens who reflect the Good News about Christ. Then, whether I come to see you or whether I stay away, I’ll hear all about you. I’ll hear that you are firmly united in spirit, united in fighting for the faith that the Good News brings.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:21Instead, test everything. Hold on to what is good.
• Hebrews 3:6But Christ is a faithful son in charge of God’s household. We are his household if we continue to have courage and to be proud of the confidence we have.
• Hebrews 4:14We need to hold on to our declaration of faith: We have a superior chief priest who has gone through the heavens. That person is Jesus, the Son of God.
• Hebrews 10:23We must continue to hold firmly to our declaration of faith. The one who made the promise is faithful.
• Jude 1:3Dear friends, I had intended to write to you about the salvation we share. But something has come up. It demands that I write to you and encourage you to continue your fight for the Christian faith that was entrusted to God’s holy people once for all time.
• Revelation 2:25Just hold on to what you have until I come.
• Revelation 3:3So remember what you received and heard. Obey, and change the way you think and act. If you’re not alert, I’ll come like a thief. You don’t know when I will come.
• Proverbs 8:14Advice and priceless wisdom are mine. I, Understanding, have strength.
• Romans 2:20an instructor of ignorant people, and a teacher of children because you have the full content of knowledge and truth in Moses’ Teachings.
• Romans 6:17You were slaves to sin. But I thank God that you have become wholeheartedly obedient to the teachings which you were given.

Commentaries on 2 Timothy 1:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Hold fast the form of sound words - The word ̔ signifies the sketch, plan, or outline of a building, picture, etc.; and here refers to the plan of salvation which the apostle had taught Timothy. No man was left to invent a religion for his own use, and after his own mind. God alone knows that with which God can be pleased. If God did not give a revelation of himself, the inventions of man, in religious things, would be endless error, involving itself in…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Hold fast the form of sound words; - see the notes at 1 Timothy 1:3. On the Greek word here rendered “form,” see the notes at 1 Timothy 1:16, where it is rendered pattern. The word means a form, sketch, or imperfect delineation - an outline. Grotius says that it here means “an exemplar, but an exemplar fixed in the mind - an idea.” Calvin says that the command is that he should adhere to the doctrine which he had learned, not only in its substance, but in…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. 5-14Paul is gentle but firm in calling Timothy to come to Rome (see also 4:9, 21; compare 1 Timothy 1:3–11, 12–17). Suffering seemed certain if Timothy remained loyal. Paul wanted to strengthen Timothy’s determination. The mentions of the Holy Spirit in 2 Timothy 1:6–7 and 1:14 create an inclusio (literary framework) around this section.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Hold fast the form--rather as Greek, "Have (that is, keep) a pattern of sound (Greek, 'healthy') words which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love." "Keep" suits the reference to a deposit in the context. The secondary position of the verb in the Greek forbids our taking it so strongly as English Version, "Hold fast." The Greek for "form" is translated "pattern" in 1Ti 1:16, the only other passage where it occurs. Have such a pattern drawn from…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Timothy 1:13

• Commandments
• Decision
• Example
• Faith
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• Love
• Minister, Christian
• Perseverance
• Word of God
• Zeal, Religious

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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