en_tn/2ti/01/12.md

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  • For this cause - "Because I am an apostle"
  • I suffer ... these things - "I am a prisoner"
  • I am persuaded - "I am convinced"
  • that day - Possible meanings are 1) the day when the Lord comes again or 2) the day when God judges people.
  • Keep to the pattern of healthy words which you heard from me - "Keep teaching the correct ideas I have taught you" or "Use my words and my teaching methods as a pattern for what and how you should teach"
  • healthy words - "correct ideas" or "true words"
  • That good thing - This refers to the work of proclaiming the gospel correctly.
  • guard it - Timothy needs to be alert because people will oppose his work, try to make him stop, and distort what he says.
  • through the Holy Spirit - "do all and only what the Holy Spirit tells you to do"