Friday, October 29, 2010

Guard the Precious Truth

So tells Paul to Timothy in 2 Tim 1.14 - "Through the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within us, carefully guard the precious truth that has been entrusted to you." I like the translation. The key word, it seems to me, is "guard" which is the translation of the Greek word φύλαξον, which means to watch over carefully. Timothy (and by application we) are to:

1. Guard the precious truth
2. Carefully guard it.
3. Guard it through the power of the Holy Spirit (who by the way lives within us).

All of this Paul communicates in 11 words in the Greek. A lot of meaning packed into just a few words.

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