Passage
persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra. What persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me!
2 Timothy 3:11 (LSB)
Nearby Context
2 Timothy 3:9 But they will not make further progress, for their folly will be obvious to all, just as theirs was also.
2 Timothy 3:10 But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance,
2 Timothy 3:11 persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra. What persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me!
2 Timothy 3:12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "persecutions", "sufferings", "such", "happened", "antioch", "iconium", and "lystra". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "persecutions" and "sufferings", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 10's "But you followed my teaching conduct purpose..." into verse 12's "Indeed all who desire to live godly...", so "persecutions" and "sufferings" 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 "persecutions" and "sufferings" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.