Passage

2 Timothy 1.14

Book: 2 Timothy · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

12. For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day. 13. Hold the pattern of sound words which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

14. That good thing which was committed unto thee guard through the Holy Spirit which dwelleth in us.

This thou knowest, that all that are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. 16. The Lord grant mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain; (2 Timothy 1:12-16, ASV)

WEB

12. For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day. 13. Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

14. That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. 16. May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain, (2 Timothy 1:12-16, WEB)

KJV

12. For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. ^{believed: or, trusted} 13. Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

14. That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.

This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. 16. The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: (2 Timothy 1:12-16, KJV)

YLT

12. for which cause also these things I suffer, but I am not ashamed, for I have known in whom I have believed, and have been persuaded that he is able that which I have committed to him to guard, to that day. 13. The pattern hold thou of sound words, which from me thou didst hear, in faith and love that [is] in Christ Jesus;

14. the good thing committed guard thou through the Holy Spirit that is dwelling in us;

thou hast known this, that they did turn from me, all those in Asia, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes; 16. may the Lord give kindness to the house of Onesiphorus, because many times he did refresh me, and of my chain was not ashamed, (2 Timothy 1:12-16, YLT)

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Setting

Speaker: Paul, writing under his own name
Audience: Timothy, Paul's delegate at Ephesus
Location: written from imprisonment at Rome to Timothy at Ephesus
Time period: c. AD 64-67, traditionally Paul's last letter, written from a second Roman imprisonment shortly before his execution

Theological reading

"That good thing which was committed unto thee guard through the Holy Spirit." The noun is parathēkē, a deposit entrusted to someone for safekeeping, a commercial and legal term for property placed in another's hands with an obligation to return it intact. Paul uses it three times in the two Timothy letters (1 Timothy 6:20, 2 Timothy 1:12 and here).

The image controls the theology of transmission in this letter. A deposit is not the trustee's property, cannot be improved by him, and is measured by whether it comes back unchanged. Set against verse 13, "the pattern of sound words which thou hast heard from me," the thing deposited is the apostolic message itself. The last clause prevents the picture from becoming merely conservative: the guarding is done "through the Holy Spirit which dwelleth in us," so preservation is presented as a work of God in the trustee rather than as human vigilance alone._

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

G4151 - pneuma, pneuma, Strong's G4151

Quoted in

Arguments and defeaters:

Muhammad as Paraclete Refutation

Concepts:

Biblical Stewardship

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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