¹³ Be on your guard; stand firm^(A) in the faith; be courageous; be strong.^(B)

⁷ And the peace of God,^(A) which transcends all understanding,^(B) will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

²⁰ Timothy, guard what has been entrusted^(A) to your care. Turn away from godless chatter^(B) and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,

¹² That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame,^(A) because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard^(B) what I have entrusted to him until that day.^(C)

¹⁴ Guard^(A) the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.^(B)

¹⁵ You too should be on your guard against him, because he strongly opposed our message.

¹⁷ Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard^(A) so that you may not be carried away by the error^(B) of the lawless^(C) and fall from your secure position.^(D)