GUARD THE GOOD DEPOSIT

Passage: 2 Timothy 1:13-18

Key verse: 14

NIV

13 What you heard from me,(A) keep(B) as the pattern(C) of sound teaching,(D) with faith and love in Christ Jesus.(E) 14 Guard(F) the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.(G)

Examples of Disloyalty and Loyalty

15 You know that everyone in the province of Asia(H) has deserted me,(I) including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

16 May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus,(J) because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed(K) of my chains.(L) 17 On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me. 18 May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day!(M) You know very well in how many ways he helped me(N) in Ephesus.(O)

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ESV

13 (A)Follow (B)the pattern of (C)the sound[a] words (D)that you have heard from me, in (E)the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 14 By the Holy Spirit (F)who dwells within us, guard (G)the good deposit entrusted to you.

15 You are aware that (H)all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. 16 May the Lord grant mercy to (I)the household of Onesiphorus, for he often (J)refreshed me and was not ashamed of (K)my chains, 17 but when he arrived in Rome (L)he searched for me earnestly and found me— 18 may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on (M)that day!—and you well know all the service he (N)rendered at Ephesus.

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Footnotes
  1. 2 Timothy 1:13 Or healthy
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1. What you heard from me (13-14)

Paul taught Timothy to pattern his life according to sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ. He admonished him to keep in his heart this gospel faith that was entrusted to him, and live by it, with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us. The pattern of sound teaching entrusted to us is the Bible. Our Bible study should strengthen our faith in Jesus and our love for him. In a world full of Satan's lies, we must guard the good deposit entrusted to us.

2. Onesiphorus, a faithful man (15-18)

Onesiphorus had helped Paul in many ways when he was in Ephesus. When he heard that Paul was in prison in Rome, he went and searched for him until he found him, and ministered to him. He was not ashamed of being the friend of a prisoner. He was very different from many other Asians who deserted Paul when he got in trouble. God wants us to be faithful. God's Spirit helps us be faithful.

Prayer: Lord, help me to guard the gospel faith entrusted to me and be faithful to Jesus and to Jesus' people.

One Word: Be faithful