2 Timothy 1:13 (LSB)

Passage

Hold to the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 1:11 for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.

2 Timothy 1:12 For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.

2 Timothy 1:13 Hold to the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 1:14 Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you.

2 Timothy 1:15 You are aware of this: that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "hold", "standard", "sound", "words", "heard", "love", and "christ". 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 this reason I also suffer these..." into verse 14's "Guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells...", 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.