13 Have an outline of sound words, which [words] thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which [are] in Christ Jesus.
clinging to the faithful word according to the doctrine taught, that he may be able both to encourage with sound teaching and refute gainsayers.
But *thou*, abide in those things which thou hast learned, and [of which] thou hast been fully persuaded, knowing of whom thou hast learned [them];
But the grace of our Lord surpassingly over-abounded with faith and love, which [is] in Christ Jesus.
What ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, these things do; and the God of peace shall be with you.
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of truth in the law:
Only conduct yourselves worthily of the glad tidings of the Christ, in order that whether coming and seeing you, or absent, I may hear of what concerns you, that ye stand firm in one spirit, with one soul, labouring together in the same conflict with the faith of the glad tidings;
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and keep [it] and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come [upon thee] as a thief, and thou shalt not know at what hour I shall come upon thee.
Beloved, using all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I have been obliged to write to you exhorting [you] to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.
If any one teach differently, and do not accede to sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the teaching which [is] according to piety,
fornicators, sodomites, kidnappers, liars, perjurers; and if any other thing is opposed to sound teaching,
Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.
Having therefore a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession.
a sound word, not to be condemned; that he who is opposed may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us:
Take fast hold of instruction, let [her] not go: keep her, for she is thy life.
And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live. Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee. The beginning of wisdom [is], Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her; and happy is he that retaineth her.
but Christ, as Son over his house, whose house are *we*, if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of hope firm to the end.
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Commentary on 2 Timothy 1 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 1
After the introduction (v. 1, 2) we have,
2Ti 1:1-5
Here is,
2Ti 1:6-14
Here is an exhortation and excitation of Timothy to his duty (v. 6): I put thee in remembrance. The best men need remembrancers; what we know we should be reminded of. 2 Pt. 3:1, I write this, to stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance.
2Ti 1:15-18
Having (v. 13, 14) exhorted Timothy to hold fast,