13 [a]Keep the true pattern of the wholesome words, which thou hast heard of me in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

14 [b]That worthy thing, which was committed to thee, keep [c]through the holy Ghost, which dwelleth in us.

15 [d]This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia, be turned from me: of which sort are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 1:13 He showeth wherein he ought to be most constant, to wit, both in the doctrine itself, the abridgment whereof is faith and charity, and next in the manner of teaching it, a lively pattern and shape whereof Timothy knew in the Apostle.
  2. 2 Timothy 1:14 An amplification, taken of the dignity of so great a benefit committed of the ministers.
  3. 2 Timothy 1:14 The taking away of an objection. It is a hard thing to do it, but the Spirit of God is mighty, who hath inwardly endued us with his virtue.
  4. 2 Timothy 1:15 He preventeth an offense which arose by the means of certain that fell from God and the religion, and uttereth also their names, that they might be known of all men. But he setteth against them the singular faith of one man, that one only good example might counterpoise and weigh down all evil examples.

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