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Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
Guard that which is committed unto thee (την παραθηκην φυλαξον). "Keep (aorist of urgency) the deposit." Παραθηκην (from παρατιθημ…
19th Century
Anglican
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to your trust.—More literally and better rendered, O Timothy, keep the trust …
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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…
16th Century
Protestant
O Timothy, guard that which is committed to you. Though interpreters differ in explaining παραθήκην, a thing committed, yet, for …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Keep that which is committed to your trust That is, the Gospel, see (1 Timothy 1:11) which is a rich tre…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, he dealt with instructing people of low status; here he returns to his subject and instructs Timothy on how to deal with the rich. He d…
