Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
2 Timothy 1:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Hold to the standard of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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. American Standard Version (1901) Hold the pattern of sound words which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. Common English Bible Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching that you heard from me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Catholic Public Domain Version Hold to the kind of sound words that you have heard from me in the faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hold the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me in faith, and in the love which is in Christ Jesus. |
Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called happy.
My child, do not let these escape from your sight: keep sound wisdom and prudence,
Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.
a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth,
But thanks be to God that you who were slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were entrusted
Only, live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent and hear about you, I will know that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the gospel
As for the things that you have learned and received and heard and noticed in me, do them, and the God of peace will be with you.
for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints,
the sexually immoral, men who engage in illicit sex, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching
and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
Whoever teaches otherwise and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that is in accordance with godliness
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, for the sake of the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,
Guard the good deposit entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit living in us.
and what you have heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others as well.
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it
For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound teaching, but, having their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires
holding tightly to the trustworthy word of the teaching, so that he may be able both to exhort with sound instruction and to refute those who contradict it.
and sound speech that cannot be censured; then any opponent will be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.
Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful.
Christ, however, was faithful over God’s house as a son, and we are his house if we hold firm the boldness and the pride inspired by hope.
Since, then, we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
Beloved, while eagerly preparing to write to you about the salvation we share, I find it necessary to write and appeal to you to contend for the faith that was once and for all handed on to the saints.
I am coming soon; hold fast to what you have, so that no one takes away your crown.
Remember, then, what you received and heard; obey it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.