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2 Timothy 1:14

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Commandments;   Decision;   Holy Spirit;   Minister, Christian;   Scofield Reference Index - Holy Spirit;   Thompson Chain Reference - Spirit;   Stewardship;   Stewardship-Ownership;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Indwelling of the Holy Spirit, the;   Steadfastness;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Holy spirit;   Steward;   Tradition;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Doctrine;   Truth;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Dwell;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Science;   Timothy, the First Epistle to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Disciples;   Titus, Epistle to;   2 Timothy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Reprobate;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Atonement (2);   Church (2);   Commendation ;   Confession;   Paul;   Presence;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Timothy and Titus Epistles to;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Commend;   Commit;   Creed;   Deposit;   Paul, the Apostle;   Philosophy;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 17;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Guard the good deposit through the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
King James Version (1611)
That good thing which was committed vnto thee, keepe, by the holy Ghost which dwelleth in vs.
King James Version
That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
English Standard Version
By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.
New American Standard Bible
Protect, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you.
New Century Version
Protect the truth that you were given; protect it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you.
Legacy Standard Bible
Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you.
Berean Standard Bible
Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
Contemporary English Version
You have been trusted with a wonderful treasure. Guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit, who lives within you.
Complete Jewish Bible
Keep safe the great treasure that has been entrusted to you, with the help of the Ruach HaKodesh, who lives in us.
Darby Translation
Keep, by the Holy Spirit which dwells in us, the good deposit entrusted.
Easy-to-Read Version
This teaching is a treasure that you have been trusted with. Protect it with the help of the Holy Spirit, who lives inside us.
Geneva Bible (1587)
That worthie thing, which was committed to thee, keepe through the holy Ghost, which dwelleth in vs.
George Lamsa Translation
That good thing which was committed to you keep by the help of the Holy Spirit which dwells in us.
Good News Translation
Through the power of the Holy Spirit, who lives in us, keep the good things that have been entrusted to you.
Lexham English Bible
Guard the good deposit through the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
Literal Translation
Guard the good Deposit given through the Holy Spirit indwelling in us.
Amplified Bible
Guard [with greatest care] and keep unchanged, the treasure [that precious truth] which has been entrusted to you [that is, the good news about salvation through personal faith in Christ Jesus], through [the help of] the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
American Standard Version
That good thing which was committed unto thee guard through the Holy Spirit which dwelleth in us.
Bible in Basic English
That good thing which was given to you keep safe, through the Holy Spirit which is in us.
Hebrew Names Version
That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Ruach HaKodesh which dwells in us.
International Standard Version
With the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us, protect the good treasure that has been entrusted to you.Romans 8:11; 1 Timothy 6:20;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
that good deposite keep through the Spirit of Holiness who dwelleth in us.
Murdock Translation
Keep thou the good deposit, by the Holy Spirit who dwelleth in us.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
That good thyng which was committed to thy keping, holde fast through the holy ghost which dwelleth in vs.
English Revised Version
That good thing which was committed unto [thee] guard through the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
World English Bible
That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit which dwells in us.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
The good thing which is committed to thee keep, through the Holy Spirit, who dwelleth in us.
Weymouth's New Testament
That precious treasure which is in your charge, guard through the Holy Spirit who has His home in our hearts.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Kepe thou the good takun to thi kepyng bi the Hooli Goost, that dwellith in vs.
Update Bible Version
That good thing which was committed to [you] guard through the Holy Spirit which dwells in us.
Webster's Bible Translation
That good thing which was committed to thee keep by the Holy Spirit which dwelleth in us.
New English Translation
Protect that good thing entrusted to you, through the Holy Spirit who lives within us.
New King James Version
That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
New Living Translation
Through the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within us, carefully guard the precious truth that has been entrusted to you.
New Life Bible
Keep safe that which He has trusted you with by the Holy Spirit Who lives in us.
New Revised Standard
Guard the good treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit living in us.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The noble thing entrusted to thee , do thou guard, through means of the Holy Spirit which dwelleth within us.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Keep the good thing committed to thy trust by the Holy Ghost who dwelleth in us.
Revised Standard Version
guard the truth that has been entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit who dwells within us.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
That good thinge whiche was committed to thy kepynge kepe in ye holy goost which dwelleth in vs.
Young's Literal Translation
the good thing committed guard thou through the Holy Spirit that is dwelling in us;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This hye charge kepe thou thorow the holy goost, which dwelleth in vs.
Mace New Testament (1729)
that valuable depositum do you preserve by the holy spirit, which resides in us.
Simplified Cowboy Version
But the power we need comes not from our own might, but by the strength of the Holy Spirit who rides with us and in us. Keep this truth locked deep in your heart.

Contextual Overview

8So don't be embarrassed to speak up for our Master or for me, his prisoner. Take your share of suffering for the Message along with the rest of us. We can only keep on going, after all, by the power of God, who first saved us and then called us to this holy work. We had nothing to do with it. It was all his idea, a gift prepared for us in Jesus long before we knew anything about it. But we know it now. Since the appearance of our Savior, nothing could be plainer: death defeated, life vindicated in a steady blaze of light, all through the work of Jesus. 11This is the Message I've been set apart to proclaim as preacher, emissary, and teacher. It's also the cause of all this trouble I'm in. But I have no regrets. I couldn't be more sure of my ground—the One I've trusted in can take care of what he's trusted me to do right to the end. 13So 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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

good: 2 Timothy 2:2, Luke 16:11, Romans 3:2, 1 Corinthians 9:17, 2 Corinthians 5:19, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Galatians 2:7, Colossians 4:11, 1 Timothy 1:11, 1 Timothy 6:20

by the: Romans 8:13, Ephesians 5:18, 1 Thessalonians 5:19, 1 Peter 1:22

which dwelleth: John 14:17, Romans 8:11, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 6:19, 2 Corinthians 5:16, Ephesians 2:22

Reciprocal: John 14:26 - Holy Ghost Romans 8:9 - if so be 2 Corinthians 6:16 - I will dwell 1 Thessalonians 2:4 - to be 2 Timothy 1:13 - Hold 2 Timothy 4:7 - I have kept 1 John 3:24 - dwelleth

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don't see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
Genesis 1:3
God spoke: "Light!" And light appeared. God saw that light was good and separated light from dark. God named the light Day, he named the dark Night. It was evening, it was morning— Day One.
Genesis 1:6
God spoke: "Sky! In the middle of the waters; separate water from water!" God made sky. He separated the water under sky from the water above sky. And there it was: he named sky the Heavens; It was evening, it was morning— Day Two.
Genesis 1:9
God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was. God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:14
God spoke: "Lights! Come out! Shine in Heaven's sky! Separate Day from Night. Mark seasons and days and years, Lights in Heaven's sky to give light to Earth." And there it was.
Genesis 1:16
God made two big lights, the larger to take charge of Day, The smaller to be in charge of Night; and he made the stars. God placed them in the heavenly sky to light up Earth And oversee Day and Night, to separate light and dark. God saw that it was good. It was evening, it was morning— Day Four.
Genesis 1:20
God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!" God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good. God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!" It was evening, it was morning— Day Five.
Genesis 1:26
God spoke: "Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature So they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, And, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of Earth." God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God's nature. He created them male and female. God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take charge! Be responsible for fish in the sea and birds in the air, for every living thing that moves on the face of Earth."
Genesis 1:31
God looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good! It was evening, it was morning— Day Six.
Genesis 8:22
For as long as Earth lasts, planting and harvest, cold and heat, Summer and winter, day and night will never stop."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That good thing which was committed to thee,.... By which he means either his ministerial work and office, which is a good work, the dispensation of which was committed to him, and which it became him so to observe, as that the ministry might not be blamed; or else the good and excellent gifts of the Spirit, which qualified him for the discharge of that work, and which were not to be neglected, but to be stirred up, exercised, and improved, lest they should be lost, or took away; or rather the Gospel, which was committed to his trust, to preach: and this may be called a good thing, from the author of it, who is good, whence it is named the Gospel of God, and the Gospel of Christ; and from the matter of it, it consists of good things come by Christ, the High priest, and which it publishes, such as peace, pardon, righteousness, and eternal salvation by him; and from the end and use of it, it being both for the glory of God, the magnifying the riches of his grace, and the exaltation of Christ; and also is the power of God in regeneration and sanctification unto salvation to everyone that believes. And it being said to be "committed to" Timothy, denotes the excellency of it; that it is a treasure, as indeed it is a rich one, it contains the riches of grace, even the unsearchable riches of Christ, is more valuable than thousands of gold and silver: and that it is a trust, and requires faithfulness in ministers, who are the stewards of it; and that it is to be accounted for. Wherefore great care should be had in dispensing and keeping it:

keep by the Holy Ghost. It should be kept pure and incorrupt, free from all the adulterations and mixtures of men; and safe and sound, that it be not snatched away from the churches by false teachers. And whereas the apostle knew, that neither Timothy, nor any other, were sufficient of themselves, for these things, he directs to the keeping of it by the Holy Ghost; who makes men overseers of churches, bestows gifts upon them, to fit them for their work, and leads them into all the truths of the Gospel; and under his influence and teachings, and by the assistance of his grace, are they enabled to discharge their trust, abide by the Gospel, and persevere in the ministration of it to the end.

Which dwelleth in us; in all believers, who are the temples of the Holy Ghost; and in all the churches, which are built up by him, an habitation for God; and in all the ministers of the word, to direct, instruct, support, and uphold them; and who dwells with them, and continues in them, and that for ever, John 14:16.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That good thing which was committed unto thee; - see the notes at 1 Timothy 6:20. The reference here in the phrase, “that good thing committed to thee,” is to the sound Christian doctrine with which he had been intrusted, and which he was required to transmit to others.

Keep by the Holy Ghost - By the aid of the Holy Spirit. One of the best methods of preserving the knowledge and the love of truth is to cherish the influences of the Holy Spirit.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 14. That good thing — The everlasting Gospel, keep by the Holy Ghost; for without a continual spiritual energy man can do nothing. This indwelling Spirit will make them effectual to thy own salvation, and enable thee to preach them to the salvation of the souls of others.


 
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