13 What you heard from me,(A) keep(B) as the pattern(C) of sound teaching,(D) with faith and love in Christ Jesus.(E) 14 Guard(F) the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.(G)

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13 Hold to the standard[a] of sound words that you heard from me and do so with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.[b] 14 Protect that good thing[c] entrusted to you, through the Holy Spirit who lives within us.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 1:13 tn Or “pattern.”
  2. 2 Timothy 1:13 tn Grk “in faith and love in Christ Jesus.”sn With the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. This describes the manner in which Timothy must hold to the standard (similar to Paul’s call for him to give attention to his life and his teaching in 1 Tim 4:11-16).
  3. 2 Timothy 1:14 sn That good thing (Grk “the good deposit”) refers to the truth of the gospel committed to Timothy (cf. 1 Tim 6:20).