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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Hold on to the pattern of wholesome teaching you learned from me—a pattern shaped by the faith and love that you have in Christ Jesus.

Context of 2 Timothy 1:13

11And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher. 12That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day. What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. 14Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us. 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 1:14Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
• 2 Timothy 3:14But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it,
• Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; those who hold her fast will be blessed.
• Proverbs 4:4Then he taught me, and he said to me, “Take hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live.
• Proverbs 23:23Buy the truth and do not sell it— wisdom, instruction and insight as well.
• Philippians 1:27Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel
• 1 Thessalonians 5:21but test them all; hold on to what is good,
• Hebrews 3:6But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory.
• Hebrews 4:14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.
• Hebrews 10:23Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
• Jude 1:3Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people.
• Revelation 2:25except to hold on to what you have until I come.’
• Revelation 3:3Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.
• Proverbs 8:14Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight, I have power.
• Romans 2:20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
• Romans 6:17But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance.

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
• Gospel
• 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