That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
Ver. 14. The good thing that was, &c.] Thy crown of recompence, Revelation 3:11. Or thy converts, thy crown of rejoicing, 1 Thessalonians 2:19. Or the purity of thy doctrine, 1 Timothy 6:20. The gospel is Christ's depositum with us, committed to our keeping; as our souls are our depositum with him, committed to his. (Theophyl.) Let us therefore strive together for this faith of the gospel, Philippians 1:27, resolving either to live with it or die for it. Let us earnestly contend for this faith "once (only) delivered," Jude
3. Once for all; another edition of it is never to be expected. "Hold fast the faithful word," as with both hands, Titus 1:9. O pray, pray, saith a Dutch divine, upon his deathbed, pontifex enim Romanus, et Concilium Tridentinum mira moliuntur, for the pope and his complices are doing their utmost to bereave us of our present enjoyments. And are there not still such factors for the devil, such pioneers hard at work among us? Let us carefully countermine them.