2 Timothy 1:12

For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11whereunto I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher.

13Hold the pattern of sound words which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

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Cross References

Psalms 25:2O my God, in thee have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame; Let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Psalms 56:9Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.

Isaiah 50:7For the Lord Jehovah will help me; therefore have I not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.

Nahum 1:7Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that take refuge in him.

Matthew 12:21And in his name shall the Gentiles hope.

Luke 10:12I say unto you, it shall 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 →

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