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By the Paraclete, guard the good deposit entrusted to you

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The Paraclete is a special function of the Holy Spirit. It is God's deposit guarantee in 2 Corinthians 5:

5 Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit [neuter] as a deposit [G728], guaranteeing what is to come.
The Paraclete is one kind of deposit [G728].

There is another kind of deposit/trust in (ESV) 2 Timothy 1:

14 By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you
Strong's 3866: A deposit, anything committed to one's charge or trust. From paratithemi; a deposit, i.e. trust.

We have one deposit guarding another deposit. By the Paraclete (G728-deposit), we guard the good deposit (G3866-deposit) or the sound teaching entrusted to us.