2 Timothy 1:12

2 Timothy 1:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
• New International Version (NIV)That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.
• English Standard Version (ESV)which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.

Context of 2 Timothy 1:12

10but now [that extraordinary purpose and grace] has been fully disclosed and realized by us through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus who [through His incarnation and earthly ministry] abolished death [making it null and void] and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, 11for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher [of this good news regarding salvation]. This is why I suffer as I do. Still, I am not ashamed; for I know Him [and I am personally acquainted with Him] whom I have believed [with absolute trust and confidence in Him and in the truth of His deity], and I am persuaded [beyond any doubt] that He is able to guard that which I have entrusted to Him until that day [when I stand before Him]. 13Keep and follow the pattern of sound teaching (doctrine) which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. 14Guard [with greatest care] and keep unchanged, the treasure [that precious truth] which has been entrusted to you [that is, the good news about salvation through personal faith in Christ Jesus], through [the help of] the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

2 Timothy 1:12 word by word

δι᾽ ἣν αἰτίαν καὶ ταῦτα πάσχω, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐπαισχύνομαι· οἶδα γὰρ ᾧ πεπίστευκα καὶ πέπεισμαι ὅτι δυνατός ἐστιν τὴν παραθήκην μου φυλάξαι εἰς ἐκείνην τὴν ἡμέραν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• the whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• causeαἰτίαaitia · cause/chargeG156
• Iπάσχωpaschō pathō penthō · to sufferG3958
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• these thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• neverthelessἀλλάalla · butG235
• I amἐπαισχύνομαιepaischunomai · be ashamed ofG1870
• notοὐou · noG3756
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• I knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• I have believedπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• am persuadedπείθωpeithō · to persuadeG3982
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• he isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• ableδυνατόςdunatos · ableG1415
• to keepφυλάσσωphulassō · to keep/guard: protectG5442
• that whichὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• that whichπαραθήκηparathēkē · depositG3866
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• againstεἰςeis · towardG1519
• thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250

Cross-references for 2 Timothy 1:12

• 2 Timothy 1:8So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord or about me His prisoner, but with me take your share of suffering for the gospel [continue to preach regardless of the circumstances], in accordance with the power of God [for His power is invincible],
• 2 Timothy 2:9for that [gospel] I am suffering even to [the point of] wearing chains like a criminal; but the word of God is not chained or imprisoned!
• 2 Timothy 3:10Now you have diligently followed [my example, that is] my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,
• 2 Timothy 4:16At my first trial no one supported me [as an advocate] or stood with me, but they all deserted me. May it not be counted against them [by God].
• Acts 9:16for I will make clear to him how much he must suffer and endure for My name’s sake.”
• Acts 13:46And [at the same time] Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and confidently, saying, “It was necessary that God’s message [of salvation through faith in Christ] be spoken to you [Jews] first. Since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, now we turn to the Gentiles.
• Acts 14:5When there was an attempt by both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their rulers, to shamefully mistreat and to stone them,
• Acts 21:27When the seven days [required to complete the ritual] were almost over, [some] Jews from [the province of] Asia [Minor], caught sight of him in the temple, and began to stir up the crowd, and they seized him,
• Acts 22:21And the Lord said to me, ‘Go, I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”
• Ephesians 3:1For this reason [because I preach that you and believing Jews are joint heirs] I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—
• 1 Thessalonians 2:16forbidding us from speaking to the Gentiles (non-Jews) so that they may be saved. So, as always, they fill up [to the brim] the measure of their sins [allotted to them by God]. But [God’s] wrath has come upon them at last [completely and forever].
• Psalms 25:2O my God, in You I [have unwavering] trust [and I rely on You with steadfast confidence], Do not let me be ashamed or my hope in You be disappointed; Do not let my enemies triumph over me.
• Isaiah 50:7For the Lord God helps Me, Therefore, I have not been ashamed or humiliated. Therefore, I have made My face like flint, And I know that I shall not be put to shame.
• Isaiah 54:4“Do not fear, for you will not be put to shame, And do not feel humiliated or ashamed, for you will not be disgraced. For you will forget the shame of your youth, And you will no longer remember the disgrace of your widowhood.
• Acts 21:13Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart [like this]? For I am ready not only to be bound and imprisoned, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
• Romans 1:16I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation [from His wrath and punishment] to everyone who believes [in Christ as Savior], to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Commentaries on 2 Timothy 1:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12I am not ashamed - Though I suffer for the Gospel, I am not ashamed of the Gospel; nor am I confounded in my expectation; his grace being at all times sufficient for me. For I know whom I have believed - I am well acquainted with the goodness, mercy, and power of Christ; and know that I cannot confide in him in vain. That which I have committed unto him - This is variously understood. Some think he means his life, which he had put, as it were, into the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12For the which cause I also suffer these things - That is, I suffer on account of my purpose to carry the gospel to the Gentiles; see the notes at Colossians 1:24. Nevertheless I am not ashamed - compare the notes at Romans 1:16. For I know whom I have believed - Margin, “trusted.” The idea is, that he understood the character of that Redeemer to whom he had committed his eternal interests, and knew that he had no reason to be ashamed of confiding in him…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 6-14 God has not given us the spirit of fear, but the spirit of power, of courage and resolution, to meet difficulties and dangers; the spirit of love to him, which will carry us through opposition. And the spirit of a sound mind, quietness of mind. The Holy Spirit is not the author of a timid or cowardly disposition, or of slavish fears. We are likely to bear afflictions well, when we have strength and power from God to enable us to bear them. As…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Paul was confident as he encountered his own death (see 4:17–18; Romans 1:16; 2 Corinthians 4:8–9; Philippians 1:20). He set an example for Timothy to follow (see 2 Timothy 1:8). what I have entrusted to Him (or what has been entrusted to me; literally my deposit): The Greek phrase, my deposit, could mean either the good news about Jesus entrusted to Paul, or Paul’s life and ministry that he committed to God (see 1 Timothy 6:20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. For the which cause--For the Gospel cause of which I was appointed a preacher (2Ti 1:10, 11). I also suffer--besides my active work as a missionary. Ellicott translates, "I suffer even these things"; the sufferings attendant on my being a prisoner (2Ti 1:8, 15). I am not ashamed--neither be thou (2Ti 1:8). for--Confidence as to the future drives away shame [Bengel]. I know--though the world knows Him not (Joh 10:14; 17:25). whom--I know what a…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 2 Timothy 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings