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NASB | 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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Timothy 1:12 This is why I suffer as I do. Still, I am not ashamed; for I know Him [and I am personally acquainted with Him] whom I have believed [with absolute trust and confidence in Him and in the truth of His deity], and I am persuaded [beyond any doubt] that He is able to guard that which I have entrusted to Him until that day [when I stand before Him]. [1 Cor 1:8, 3:13; Phil 1:6] |
Subject: Who guards our faith? |
Bible Note: Hi charis, I'm not sure that 2 Timothy is talking about guarding our faith. I believe that it is talking about the life and immortality that has been brought to light through the gospel of our Savior Christ Jesus; verse 10. Guard the treasure that has been entrusted to you. Keep preaching and teaching, retain the standard of sound words which were preached by Paul about the faith and love in Christ Jesus;verse 13. Teach others also, and entrust these sound words to faithful men; 2 Timothy 2:2. Then he goes on and talks more about the word of truth, and the knowledge of the truth. So I see Paul and Timothy as being "strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus"; 2 Timoth 2:1. The book is more concerned with spreading the faith than with losing it. The warring natures is not of concern in this passage. What is being guarded in 2 Timothy 1:14 is the treasure (the good deposit) which had been entrusted to him. When one compares that with the Ephesians passage that king gonzo introduced we see that this treasure is "a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him"; Ephesians 1:17,18. "I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling,..." Ephesians 1:13, "In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge [Or, a down payment] of our inheritance,..." Contrast 2 Timothy 1:14, "Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure [Literally, good deposit] which has been entrusted to you." So I see not only a Person of the Holy Spirit, but I see a spirit of wisdom and revelation, a spirit of counsel and strength, and the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. See Isaiah 11:2. The study of the Scriptures and handling accurately the word of truth is what we have to be diligent in, and is what will guard the gospel and our faith through the Holy Spirit. The message of truth, the gospel, (Having also believed in the Him, the Truth) is our down payment and good deposit.. Later, Ray |
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