2 Timothy 1:13

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12For which cause I also suffer these things: but I am not ashamed. For I know whom I have believed, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him, against that day.

14Keep the good thing committed to thy trust by the Holy Ghost, who dwelleth in us.

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Cross References

Proverbs 3:21My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel:

Proverbs 4:13Take hold on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy life.

Proverbs 23:23Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

Romans 6:17But thanks be to God, that you were the servants of sin, but have obeyed from the heart, unto that form of doctrine, into which you have been delivered.

Philippians 4:9The things which you have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, these do ye, and the God of peace shall be with you.

1 Thessalonians 5:21But prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 1:7-15

Cautions and Exhortations; Ministerial Fidelity. ( a. d. 66.) 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; 9 Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according… Read the whole commentary →

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