2 Timothy 4:18 (ASV)

Passage

The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will save me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom [be] the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 4:16 At my first defence no one took my part, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their account.

2 Timothy 4:17 But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might me fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

2 Timothy 4:18 The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will save me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom [be] the glory forever and ever. Amen.

2 Timothy 4:19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus.

2 Timothy 4:20 Erastus remained at Corinth: but Trophimus I left at Miletus sick.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "deliver", "evil", "save", "heavenly", "kingdom", "glory", and "forever". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "deliver", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "But the Lord stood by me and..." into verse 19's "Salute Prisca and Aquila and the house...", so "lord" and "deliver" 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 "lord" and "deliver" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.