2 Timothy 1:13 BSB — MannaFest

2 Timothy 1:13

Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

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ASV

Hold the pattern of sound words which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

KJV

Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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.

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The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Hold fast the form of sound words; - see the notes at 1Ti 1:3. On the Greek word here rendered “form,” see the notes at 1Ti 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.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1913: “Confidence and Concern” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1886)

OUR Apostle was in prison. If he was confined in the Mammertine, those of us who have shivered in that dark underground dungeon may well pity him. And if he was confined in the prison of the Praetorian Guards, he fared no better, for the near company of such rough and cruel soldiers would involve much suffering. The Apostle was not only a prisoner, chained by his right hand to a soldier both day and night, but he was, to his intense sorrow, forsaken by his friends.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὑποτύπωσιν	Hupotupōsin	[The] pattern	G5296 →
ἔχε	eche	do retain	G2192 →
ὑγιαινόντων	hugiainontōn	of sound	G5198 →
λόγων	logōn	words	G3056 →
ὧν	hōn	which	G3739 →
παρ᾽	par᾽	from	G3844 →
ἐμοῦ	emou	me	G1473 →
ἤκουσας	ēkousas	you did hear	G191 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
πίστει	pistei	[the] faith	G4102 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀγάπῃ	agapē	love	G26 →
τῇ	tēa	that [are]	G3588 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
Χριστῷ	Christō	Christ	G5547 →
Ἰησοῦ·	Iēsou	Jesus;	G2424 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philippians 4:9
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
leads to
- James 1:22
  Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
- Philippians 3:17
  Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8
  Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live,…
- 2 Peter 1:10
  Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,
Through
2 Timothy 2:2
And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well.
leads to
- 2 Timothy 1:13–14
  Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Timothy 4:6
  By pointing out these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of faith and sound instruction that you have followed.
- 1 Timothy 6:12
  Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
- Malachi 2:7
  For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

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02Original language & word study

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04Related verses

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