Verse 14
‘That good thing which was committed to you guard through the Holy Spirit which dwells in us.’
And he is to guard ‘that good thing’ which was committed to him. This may refer to the pattern of sound words. Alternatively it may mean ‘the Gospel’ (1 Timothy 6:20). Note the means of guarding it, it is by the illumination of the indwelling Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth (compare 1 Corinthians 2:9-16), for it is He Who illuminates the truth and makes it real within our hearts (compare 1 John 2:20; 1 John 2:27). And Timothy must jealously guard it in the Spirit’s power. Thus Timothy is being called on to carry on the work of Paul, and to carefully guard the truth that he has proclaimed and taught.
‘Dwell in.’ Compare 2 Timothy 1:5; Romans 8:11; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Colossians 3:16. A Paulinism.
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