2 Timothy 1:12 (LSB)

Passage

For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 1:10 but now has been manifested by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

2 Timothy 1:11 for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.

2 Timothy 1:12 For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.

2 Timothy 1:13 Hold to the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 1:14 Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "reason", "suffer", "things", "ashamed", "believed", "convinced", "able", and "guard". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "reason" and "suffer", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "for which I was appointed a preacher..." into verse 13's "Hold to the standard of sound words...", so "reason" and "suffer" 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 "reason" and "suffer" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.