2 Timothy 1:13 (DRB)

Passage

Hold the form of sound words which thou hast heard of me: in faith and in the love which is in Christ Jesus.

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 1:11 Wherein I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and teacher of the Gentiles.

2 Timothy 1:12 For which cause, I also suffer these things: but I am not ashamed. For I know whom I have believed and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him, against that day.

2 Timothy 1:13 Hold the form of sound words which thou hast heard of me: in faith and in the love which is in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 1:14 Keep the good thing committed to thy trust by the Holy Ghost who dwelleth in us.

2 Timothy 1:15 Thou knowest this, that all they who are in Asia are turned away from me: of whom are Phigellus and Hermogenes.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "For which cause I also suffer these..." into verse 14's "Keep the good thing committed to thy...", so "faith" and "hold" 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 "hold" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.