Charles Spurgeon Commentary 2 Timothy 1:13

"Hold the pattern of sound words which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." — 2 Timothy 1:13 (ASV)

Hold fast the form of sound words,

Many say they have no creeds, and there is hardly an Epistle in which there is not a distinct mention of a creed.

Which you have heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Hold fast the truth. Hold fast the very form and shape of it. If you are to keep the life that is in an egg, you must not even break the shell.

Take care of it all, and take care of it all the more when with specious reasoning they say, "We will hold the same truth, only in a different form." Why a different form at all, if they do not wish to hold a different doctrine altogether?

No, my brothers, especially you who are like young Timothy, take this passage to heart: Hold fast the form of sound words, which you have heard of me in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.