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Guard the Sacred Trust
Scholars explain that the 'deposit' Timothy must guard is the core truth of the gospel, which he received from others. Like a banker protecting a valuable deposit, believers are entrusted with this precious, unchangeable truth—not to invent their own, but to preserve it faithfully and pass it on. This includes both sound doctrine and the spiritual gifts given for ministry.
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1 Timothy
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Timothy 6:20
18th Century
Theologian
Keep that which is committed to your trust. All that is entrusted to you, and to which reference has been particularly made in this epistl…
AT Robertson
On 1 Timothy 6:20
Guard that which is committed unto thee (την παραθηκην φυλαξον). "Keep (aorist of urgency) the deposit." Παραθηκην (from παρατιθημ…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Timothy 6:20
19th Century
Bishop
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to your trust.—More literally and better rendered, O Timothy, keep the trust …
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Timothy 6:20
Paul concludes with a personal admonition to Timothy: “Guard what has been entrusted to your care” (cf. 2 Timothy 1:12, 14). Here the c…
John Calvin
On 1 Timothy 6:20
16th Century
Theologian
O Timothy, guard that which is committed to you. Though interpreters differ in explaining παραθήκην, a thing committed, yet, for …
John Gill
On 1 Timothy 6:20
17th Century
Pastor
Keep that which is committed to your trust
That is, the Gospel, see (1 Timothy 1:11) which is a rich tre…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Timothy 6:17–21
17th Century
Minister
Being rich in this world is wholly different from being rich towards God. Nothing is more uncertain than worldly wealth. Those who are rich must re…