2 TIMOTHY 1:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.”
Guard the good deposit entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit who dwells in you — the parathēkē (deposit) committed to Timothy through the indwelling Holy Spirit requires phylassō (guarding). Apostolic tradition becomes Timothy's sacred trust, internalized through the Spirit.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 1:14
Not by letters alone did Paul instruct his disciple in his duty, but before by words also which he shows, both in many other passages, as where he says, “whether by word or our Epistle” 2 Thessalonians 2:15, and especially here. Let us not therefore suppose that anything relating to doctrine was spoken imperfectly. For many things he delivered to him without writing. Of these therefore he reminds him, when he says, “Hold fast the form of sound words, which you have heard of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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