2 Timothy 1:12
Because of which reason I also suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to preserve my consignment for that day.
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11for which I was appointed a herald, and an apostle, and a teacher of Gentiles.
13Hold the pattern of sound words that thou heard from me, in faith and love in Christ Jesus.
Cross References
Psalms 25:2O my God, in thee I have trusted. Let me not be put to shame. Let not my enemies triumph over me.
Psalms 56:9Then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I call. This I know, that God is for me.
Isaiah 50:7For lord LORD will help me. Therefore I have not been confounded. Therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
Nahum 1:7LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble, and he knows those who take refuge in him.
Matthew 12:21And in his name Gentiles will hope.
Luke 10:12I say to you, that it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 1:7-15
Cautions and Exhortations; Ministerial Fidelity. ( a. d. 66.) 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; 9 Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according… Read the whole commentary →