Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
Parallel translations
- WEB That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
- KJV That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
- NKJV That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
- NASB Protect, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you.
- NLT Through the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within us, carefully guard the precious truth that has been entrusted to you.
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Quick answer
Timothy must guard the good deposit entrusted to him through the indwelling Holy Spirit. Preserving sound truth is a Spirit-empowered task, not merely human effort.
Overview
The 'good thing' committed to Timothy is the gospel and sound doctrine he is to protect from corruption. Crucially, this guarding is done not by human resolve alone but 'through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.' Faithful transmission of the truth depends on God's own power working within his servants.
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- John 14:17the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.
- Rom 8:13For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
- 1 Tim 6:20O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”
- Rom 8:9You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
- 1 Cor 3:16Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
- 2 Tim 1:12For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, 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 for that day.
- 1 Pet 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
- 1 Th 5:19Do not extinguish the Spirit.
- Eph 5:18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
- Eph 2:22And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.
- 1 Tim 1:11that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
- 2 Cor 5:19–20that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
- 1 Cor 9:17If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
- 2 Tim 2:2And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well.
- Col 4:11Jesus, who is called Justus, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.
- Rom 3:2Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
- Gal 2:7On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.
- 1 Cor 6:19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
- Rom 8:11And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
- 2 Cor 5:16So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
- Luke 16:11So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
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