2 Timothy 2:12 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with heavenly glory.

2 Timothy 2:11 A faithful saying: for if we be dead with him, we shall live also with him.

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

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

2 Timothy 2:14 Of these things put them in mind, charging them before the Lord. Contend not in words: for it is 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 "A faithful saying for if we be..." into verse 13's "If we believe not he continueth faithful...", 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.