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

11For this Good News I was appointed a herald and an emissary and a teacher. 12For this reason I also am suffering these things—but I am not ashamed, for I know in whom I have trusted and I am convinced He is able to safeguard what I have entrusted to Him until that Day. Keep the standard of sound words you have heard from me, in the faithfulness and love that are in Messiah Yeshua. 14Guard the good that has been entrusted to you, through the Ruach ha-Kodesh who dwells in us. 15You are aware that everyone in Asia has turned away from 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 that has been entrusted to you, through the Ruach ha-Kodesh who dwells in us.
• 2 Timothy 3:14You, however, continue in what you have learned and what you have become convinced of. For you know from whom you have learned,
• Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and blessed will be all who hold firmly to her.
• Proverbs 4:4he taught me and said to me: “Lay hold of my words in your heart, keep my commands and you will live!
• Proverbs 23:23Acquire truth and do not sell it, acquire wisdom, instruction and understanding.
• Philippians 1:27Only live your lives in a manner worthy of the Good News of the Messiah. Then, whether I come and see you or I am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit—striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the Good News
• 1 Thessalonians 5:21but test all things, hold fast to what is good,
• Hebrews 3:6But Messiah, as Son, is over God’s house—and we are His house, if we hold firm to our boldness and what we are proud to hope.
• Hebrews 4:14Therefore, since we have a great Kohen Gadol who has passed through the heavens, Yeshua Ben-Elohim, let us hold firmly to our confessed allegiance.
• Hebrews 10:23Let us hold fast the unwavering confession of hope, for He who promised is faithful.
• Jude 1:3Loved ones, though very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I felt it necessary to write to you urging you to continue to contend for the faith that was once for all handed down to the kedoshim.
• Revelation 2:25Only hold firm to what you have until I come.
• Revelation 3:3So remember what you have received and heard—keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you.
• Proverbs 8:14Counsel and sound wisdom are mine. I have understanding and power.
• Romans 2:20a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having in the Torah the embodiment of knowledge and the truth—
• Romans 6:17But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching under which you were placed;

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
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• 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