2 Timothy 1:13-14
What is written? (ESV)
Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.
What does it say?
With the faith and love that we have in Christ, adhere to the framework of truth that I have laid down for you and entrusted to you. Guard it with the Holy Spirit who dwells within us.
What is its immediate context?
The apostle Paul’s letter to a younger evangelist, Timothy, instructing him in matters of doctrine and congregational order.
How 2 Timothy 1:13-14 is applied across Bible answers
Are God’s word and the Holy Spirit the same thing?
Timothy was instructed to guard/protect the gospel message that he had heard from Paul with the Holy Spirit.
Is sola scriptura (scripture alone) enough?
The apostle Paul, as a messenger/prophet of God, guided Timothy to not go beyond the "pattern of sound words" and to guard them (keep them pure).
Top 10: Passages that must be reconciled before concluding that the Holy Spirit indwells representatively through the Word?
Timothy, in partnership with the Holy Spirit, is instructed to "guard" the word ("the good deposit").
Who said scripture interprets scripture?
It wasn't only the "sound words" that Timothy was to continue in, but their "pattern" or, like a puzzle, how they work together.
