Passage
For I am even now ready to be sacrificed: and the time of my dissolution is at hand.
2 Timothy 4:6 (DRB)
Nearby Context
2 Timothy 4:4 And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables.
2 Timothy 4:5 But be thou vigilant, labour in all things, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry. Be sober.
2 Timothy 4:6 For I am even now ready to be sacrificed: and the time of my dissolution is at hand.
2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight: I have finished my course: I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:8 As to the rest, there is laid up for me a crown of justice which the Lord the just judge will render to me in that day: and not only to me, but to them also that love his coming. Make haste to come to me quickly.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "even", "ready", "sacrificed", "time", "dissolution", and "hand". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "even" and "ready", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 5's "But be thou vigilant labour in all..." into verse 7's "I have fought a good fight I...", so "even" and "ready" 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 "even" and "ready" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.