2 Timothy 1:13 (DBY)

Passage

Have an outline of sound words, which [words] thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which [are] in Christ Jesus.

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 1:11 to which *I* have been appointed a herald and apostle and teacher of [the] nations.

2 Timothy 1:12 For which cause also I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep for that day the deposit I have entrusted to him.

2 Timothy 1:13 Have an outline of sound words, which [words] thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which [are] in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 1:14 Keep, by the Holy Spirit which dwells in us, the good deposit entrusted.

2 Timothy 1:15 Thou knowest this, that all who [are] in Asia, of whom is Phygellus and Hermogenes, have turned away from me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "outline", "sound", "words", "thou", "hast", and "heard". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "outline", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "For which cause also I suffer these..." into verse 14's "Keep by the Holy Spirit which dwells...", so "faith" and "outline" belong inside that flow. In 2 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "faith" and "outline" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.