2 Timothy 1:13 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)13 You should hold on firmly to the pattern of sound teaching that you have heard from me, while [maintaining your] faith and love in [harmony with] Christ Jesus. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176913 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition13 Hold fast and follow the pattern of wholesome and sound teaching which you have heard from me, in [all] the faith and love which are [for us] in Christ Jesus. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)13 Hold the pattern of sound words which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible13 Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching that you heard from me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version13 Hold to the kind of sound words that you have heard from me in the faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. Ver Capítulo |
So, remember how you have received and heard the message [i.e., they had eagerly accepted the Gospel]; [now] obey it and repent. For if you do not become [spiritually] alert, I will come as a thief [i.e. unexpectedly] and you will not know the [exact] time that I will come upon you [in judgment. See 2:16, 25].
Dearly loved ones, as I was very eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we share in common, I felt it necessary [instead] to write urging you to contend earnestly for the faith [i.e., the teaching of Christ] which was once and for all delivered [by the apostles, See verse 17] to the saints [i.e., God’s holy people].
So, [whatever happens], live your daily lives in such a way as to be worthy of the Gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or remain absent from you, I will hear about you, that you are standing firm in one spirit [i.e., united in purpose, and] contending with one mind for the faith of the Gospel [i.e., for the body of Christian teaching].