the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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2 Timothy 1:13
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Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
Hold to the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
This is the way I want you to ride. Follow this trail that I've left. It is not a trail marked by sign, but by faith and love for Christ Jesus.
Keep the form of those true words which you had from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Have an outline of sound words, which [words] thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which [are] in Christ Jesus.
Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Hold fast the pattern of sound words, which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Provide yourself with an outline of the sound teaching which you have heard from my lips, and be true to the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
Holde fast the fourme of sound words, which thou hast heard of mee, in faith and loue, which is in Christ Iesus.
Hold fast a pattern of sound words which you heard from me, in faith and love in Christ Jesus.
Holde the after ye ensample of the wholsome wordes, which thou heardest of me, concernynge faith and loue in Christ Iesu.
Keep that form of sound doctrine you receiv'd from me, which consists in christian faith and charity:
So keep at your work, this faith and love rooted in Christ, exactly as I set it out for you. It's as sound as the day you first heard it from me. Guard this precious thing placed in your custody by the Holy Spirit who works in us.
Keep and follow the pattern of sound teaching (doctrine) which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
Hold the pattern of sound words which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Follow the pattern of the sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus;
Se thou have the ensample of the holsome wordes which thou heardest of me in fayth and love which is in Iesu Christ.
Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
The pattern hold thou of sound words, which from me thou didst hear, in faith and love that [is] in Christ Jesus;
Follow the pattern of true teachings that you heard from me in faith and love, which are in Christ Jesus.
Hold to the standard of sound words that you heard from me and do so with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
Now follow the example of the correct teaching I gave you, and let the faith and love of Christ Jesus be your model.
Follow the pattern of the sound teachings you have heard from me, with trust and the love which is yours in the Messiah Yeshua.
Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
Keepe the true paterne of the wholesome wordes, which thou hast heard of me in faith and loue which is in Christ Iesus.
Let these bright and sound words which you have heard from me abide with you in the faith and love which is in Jesus Christ.
Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Messiah Yeshua.
Hold on to the pattern of healthy teachings that you have heard from me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.Romans 2:20; 6:17; 1 Timothy 1:10,14; 6:3; 2 Timothy 2:2; 3:14; Titus 1:9; Hebrews 10:23; Revelation 2:25;">[xr]
13 Let the outline [fn] of sound words be with thee, which thou hast heard from me, with the faith and love which are in Jeshu Meshiha:
Let the form of sound words, which thou hast heard from me, abide with thee; with faith and love, in Jesus the Messiah.
Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
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.
Keep all the things I taught you. They were given to you in the faith and love of Jesus Christ.
Hold the pattern of sound words which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Hold to the standard of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
An outline, have thou, of healthful discourses which from me thou hast heard - with the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus:
Hold the form of sound words which thou hast heard of me: in faith and in the love which is in Christ Jesus.
Hold fast to the pattern of sound words which you heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
See thou haue the paterne of wholesome wordes, which thou hast hearde of me in fayth & loue, [that is] in Christe Iesus.
What you heard me teach is an example of what you should teach. Follow that model of right teaching with the faith and love we have in Christ Jesus.
Hold on to the example of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
Hold firmly to the true words that I taught you, as the example for you to follow, and remain in the faith and love that are ours in union with Christ Jesus.
Haue thou the fourme of hoolsum wordis, whiche thou herdist of me in feith and loue in Crist Jhesu.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Hold: 2 Timothy 1:14, 2 Timothy 3:14, Proverbs 3:18, Proverbs 3:21, Proverbs 4:4-8, Proverbs 4:13, Proverbs 23:23, Philippians 1:27, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, Titus 1:9, Hebrews 3:6, Hebrews 4:14, Hebrews 10:23, Jude 1:3, Revelation 2:25, Revelation 3:3, Revelation 3:11
the form: Proverbs 8:14, Romans 2:20, Romans 6:17, 1 Timothy 1:10, 1 Timothy 6:3, Titus 2:1, Titus 2:8
which: 2 Timothy 2:2, Philippians 4:9
in faith: Colossians 1:4, 1 Timothy 1:14
Reciprocal: John 17:6 - they 1 Timothy 6:20 - keep 2 John 1:3 - in truth Revelation 2:13 - thou holdest
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Hold fast the form of sound words,.... By "words" are meant, not mere words, but doctrines; for the servants of the Lord should not strive about words, to no profit, or be too tenacious of them. Indeed when words have long obtained, and have been very useful to convey just ideas of truth to the mind, they are not to be easily parted with, though they are not syllabically expressed in Scripture, unless other and better words can be substituted in their room; and especially they are to be tenaciously abode by, when the apparent design by dropping or changing them is to set aside the truths signified by them; such as trinity, unity, essence, person, imputed righteousness, satisfaction, c. But here words design doctrines, the words of faith and good doctrine, the wholesome words of our Lord Jesus Christ and which are said to be "sound", in opposition to the words and doctrines of false teachers, which are corrupt and unsound, and are pernicious, and eat as do a canker; and because they are so in themselves; they are not only sweet and pleasant, but salutary and nourishing; they are milk for babes, and meat for strong men; they are food for faith, and nourish up to eternal life. The "form" of them either intends the manner of teaching them, which should be it, apt and acceptable words, plain and easy to be understood, and not with the enticing words of men's wisdom; or a brief summary, a compendium of Gospel truth. It was usual with both Jews and Christians to reduce the principles of their religion into a narrow compass, into a short form or breviary. The Jew had his "form of knowledge, and of the truth in the law", Romans 2:20, which was a rule to himself, and an instruction to others; and such a form, or Jewish creed, may be seen in Hebrews 6:1. The Apostle Paul gives a summary of the Gospel, which he preached, and which he reduces to two heads; repentance towards God, and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ, Acts 20:20 and an excellent compendium and abridgment of the Gospel, and a glorious form of sound words, we have in Romans 8:29 and such an one Timothy had heard and received from the apostle, as a "pattern" for him hereafter to preach by, as this word signifies; and as it is rendered in 1 Timothy 1:16. There seems to be an allusion to painters, who first make their outlines, and take a rough draught before they lay on their colours and beautiful strokes; and which rough draught and first lines are the rule and pattern of their after work; and which they never exceed, but keep within the compass of: so there is a set of Gospel truths, which may be called the analogy or proportion of faith, which are a rule and pattern, as for hearers to judge by, so for ministers to preach according to, 1 Timothy 6:3 And such a form or pattern was the apostle's doctrine to Timothy, and which he full well knew: and this form includes the doctrines concerning the trinity of persons in the Godhead, Father, Son, and Spirit, and the proper deity and distinct personality of each of them; concerning the everlasting love of the three Persons to the elect, the covenant of grace, and the transactions in it relating to them; their personal and eternal election in Christ, and his suretyship engagements for them; the state and condition of men by the fall, and through, sin, as that Adam's sin is imputed to all his posterity, and a corrupt nature propagated from him, and that man is altogether impure, and entirely impotent all that is spiritually good; as also such doctrines as concern particular redemption by Christ, satisfaction for sin by his sacrifice, free and full pardon by his blood, and justification by his imputed righteousness: regeneration and sanctification by the powerful and efficacious grace of the Spirit of God; and the final perseverance of the saints to eternal glory, as the free gift of God. And this is a form never to departed from, but to be held fast, as Timothy is exhorted; which supposes that he had it, as he had, not only in his head, but in his heart; and that there was danger of dropping it through the temptations that surrounded him, the reproach and persecution the Gospel lay under, and through the sleight of false teachers, who lay in wait to deceive, and to take every opportunity of wringing it out of his hands; and therefore it became him, as he had it, not only to hold it forth, and publish it, but to hold it fast, in opposition to any wavering about it, or cowardice in it, or departure from it in any degree. And the argument to hold it fast follows,
which thou hast heard of me; both in private conversation, and in the public ministry of the word; and which the apostle had not from men, but by the revelation of Christ; and therefore was to be depended upon, and to be abode by, or held fast, in the manner next directed to:
in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus; in the exercise of faith, and from a principle of love; which two graces always go together, and have Christ, as here, for their object: though this clause, may be connected with the word "heard", and the sense be, either that Timothy had heard Paul preach these sound doctrines with great faith and faithfulness, and with much fervency and affection to Christ, and the souls of men; or Timothy had heard them himself, and embraced and mixed them with faith, and received them in love: or it may be read in connection with "the form of sound words"; the sum of which is faith in Christ, and love to him; the Gospel is the doctrine of faith; and it puts men on discharging their duty from love to Christ.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Hold 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 its form. Dr. Tillotson explains this as meaning the profession of faith which was made by Christians at baptism. There seems to be an allusion to some summary or outline of truth which Paul had given to Timothy, though there is no evidence that it was written. Indeed, there is every presumption that, if it refers to such a summary, it was not committed to writing. If it had been, it would have been regarded as inspired, and would have taken its place in the canon of Scripture. It may be presumed that almost none of the sacred writings would have been more sacredly preserved than such a condensed summary of Christian truth. But there is no improbability in supposing that Paul, either at his ordination, or on some other occasion, may have stated the outlines of the Christian religion to Timothy, that he might have a clear and connected view of the subject. The passage, therefore, may be used as an argument for the propriety of some brief summary of doctrine as a matter of convenience, though not as having binding authority on the consciences of others. “Of sound words;” compare the notes at 1 Timothy 6:3. The Greek is the same in both places.
Which thou hast heard of me - This proves that he does not refer to a written creed, since what he refers to was something which he had heard.
In faith and love which is in Christ Jesus - Hold these truths with sincere faith in the Lord Jesus, and with that love which is the best evidence of attachment to him.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 13. Hold fast the form of sound words — The word υποτυπωσις signifies the sketch, plan, or outline of a building, picture, c. 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 contortions of unlimited confusion. God gives, in his mercy to man, a form of sound words or doctrines; a perfect plan and sketch of the original building; fair and well defined outlines of every thing which concerns the present and eternal welfare of man, and his own glory.
In faith and love — Faith credits the Divine doctrines. Love reduces them all to practice. Faith lays hold on Jesus Christ, and obtains that love by which every precept is cheerfully and effectually obeyed.
