2 Timothy 1:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hold fast the form of sound words,— Hold fast in faith and love, &c. the form of sound words, &c. Bengelius. Retain well the idea of salutary doctrine which you have learned of me, concerning Christian faith and charity. Heylin. The word 'Υποτυπωσις, rendered form, signifies sometimes the same with the word τυπος; that is, a plan, model, or pattern; in which sense it may be understood here. See Romans 6:17. And surely, none can express the mind and will of God in sounder words, or more apt phrases, than the apostles, who were under the immediate and extraordinary illumination of the spirit.Sound words signify the pure gospel doctrine, delivered in the plain simple manner of the apostles; and as it leads men to a pious holy life, and does not lay the chief stress upon ceremonies and external thing