2 Timothy 2:12 (KJV)

Passage

If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

2 Timothy 2:11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:

2 Timothy 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

2 Timothy 2:13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

2 Timothy 2:14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "suffer", "shall", "reign", and "deny". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "suffer" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "It is a faithful saying For if..." into verse 13's "If we believe not yet he abideth...", so "suffer" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In 2 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "suffer" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.